Day of birth:  17 August 1949

Place of birth:     Sofia, Bulgaria

Nationality:         Bulgarian

- Doctor's Degree, Rhein University, Bonn, Germany, 1977

- Associate Professor from 1982

- Professor since 1993

- President of the National Committee for Bulgarian – Soviet Friendship, subsequently renamed to Federation for Friendship with Peoples of Russia and CIS since 1990;

- President, Slavyani Foundation since 1991;

- Initiator of the founding of Slavonic universities and President of the Slavonic University in Bulgaria;

- Academician, European Academy for Sciences, Culture and Humanities, UNESCO since 1994;

- Co-founder and Member, Academic Advisory Council, New Policy Forum (Gorbachev Forum);

- Member, Permanent International Consultative Council of the German Federation Association for International Relations, Munich;

-  Expert consultant in the Chinese Center for Contemporary World Studies at the CC of the CCP;

- Co-founder and member of the Governing Board of the Association of Lawyers of the countries of the Black Sea and Caspian Region

- President, Bulgaria National Association for the Belt and Road