NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR

UNCLAS SOFIA 000072 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR S/ES-O AND EUR/SCE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL BU SUBJECT: NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BULGARIA'S LEADING GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL FIGURES REF: STATE 271552 1.(U) COUNTRY: Republic of Bulgaria 2.(U) DATE: January 11, 2005 3.(SBU) HEAD OF GOVERNMENT Name (last, first/middle): Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Simeon Conventional usage: Simeon Saxe-Coburg Formal title: Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Office phone numbers: 359-2-940-21-28 (answered by personal assistant Mia Morero); alternate numbers are 359-2-940-32- 00, 359-2-940-34-00. Residence phone numbers: 359-2-973-76-75, usually answered by PM's assistant Galya Dicheva who doesn't speak English; and 359-2-974-11-11, usually answered by the Prime Minister's wife Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo who speaks English. Cell phone number: 359-887-900-900. Comments: The Prime Minister speaks excellent English. He can also be reached 24/7 through his Chief of Cabinet, Mr. Radi Naydenov (office telephone 359-2-940-30-07, cell phone number 359-888-88-20-02). Mr. Naydenov speaks English. 4.(SBU) HEAD OF STATE Name (last, first/middle): Purvanov, Georgi Conventional usage: Georgi Purvanov Formal title: President of the Republic of Bulgaria Office telephone numbers: 359-2-988-17-67, 359-2-923-92-02, answered by English-speaking assistants. Cell phone number: 359-888-90-00-01, which could be used after-hours. Comments: President Purvanov understands but does not speak English; he usually relies on an interpreter. The President can also be reached 24/7 through his Foreign Policy Secretary, Mr. Zlatin Trupkov (office number 359-2-92-39- SIPDIS 243, cell phone 359-887-987 200),or Chief of Cabinet Andrei Karaslavov (office number 359-2-92-39-184 and cell phone number 359-887-750-801). Both Mr. Trupkov and Mr. Karaslavov speak English. 5.(SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER Name (last, first/middle): Passy, Solomon Conventional usage: Solomon Passy Formal title: Minister of Foreign Affairs Office phone numbers: 359-2-971-28-44, 359-2-973-33-76, answered by English-speaking assistants. Cell phone numbers: 359-887-451 344, 359-888-57-22-57. After- hours the Minister can be reached either on his usual office numbers or on his cell phone numbers. Comments: Passy speaks excellent English. He can also be contacted 24/7 through his secretaries Kalina Kostadinova (cell phone 359-888-252-497) and Irena Todorova (cell phone 359-887-563-967),who both speak English. Passy's Chief of Cabinet, Petar Vodenski, cell phone 359-887-63-944, is also in constant contact with the Minister. Vodenski speaks English. PARDEW