NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR

UNCLAS SOFIA 000072

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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-

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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