Summary
Mariana Mihaylova Kotzeva (Bulgarian: Мариана Михайлова Коцева, born 12 March 1967)[1] is a Bulgarian statistician and econometrician. Since the beginning of 2017 she has been the acting director-general of Eurostat, the directorate-general of the European Commission responsible for providing statistical information to the institutions of the European Union and for harmonizing statistical methods across the Union.[2] She is also the former president of the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria.[3][4]
Mariana Mihaylova Kotzeva | |
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Мариана Михайлова Коцева | |
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| Born | 12 March 1967 |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Alma mater | University of National and World Economy |
| Occupation(s) | Statistician Econometrician |
| Organization(s) | Eurostat National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria |
Early life and education edit
Kotzeva was born in Byala, Ruse Province.[1] She earned a master's degree in economics in 1985 (specializing in economic statistics) from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria. She earned a second master's degree in economics in 1993, from the Central European University in Prague under its charter from the University of the State of New York. In 1995 she completed a Ph.D. in economics, specializing in statistics and demography, from the University of National and World Economy.[3]
Career edit
Since 2003 Kotzeva has been on the faculty of the University of National and World Economy. Additionally, before joining Eurostat in 2014, she has worked for the Serbian Ministry of Labour and Employment, the United Nations Development Programme, the Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, and the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria. She was the head of the National Statistical Institute from 2008 to 2012.[3]
In 2012, she joined Eurostat as "adviser hors classe".[3] She became deputy director-general at Eurostat in 2014,[2][3][4] after the retirement of Marie Bohatá, and at that time became "the most senior Bulgarian civil servant in the European Union’s administration".[4] She replaced Walter Radermacher as acting director-general in 2017.[2][5]
References edit
- ^ a b Marinov, Denislav (31 January 2011), "Доц. д-р Мариана Коцева: Хората трябва да са сигурни, че информацията от преброяването няма да бъде използвана срещу тях" [Assoc. Prof. Mariana Kotzeva, PhD: People should be sure that the census information will not be used against them], Вестник "Луковитски новини" ["Lukovit News" newspaper] (in Bulgarian), retrieved 29 November 2017
- ^ a b c Meet our Acting Director-General, Eurostat, retrieved 29 November 2017
- ^ a b c d e Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 29 November 2017
- ^ a b c Eurostat to get Bulgarian deputy director-general, Politico, 22 April 2014
- ^ "Bulgarian appointed acting head of EU statistics agency Eurostat", The Sofia Globe, 24 January 2017, retrieved 29 November 2017