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- 12 Jul 1952BornBorn in Sofia
- 1990RoleMember of the Bulgarian National Assembly
- 1990 – 1992RoleSpecial Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- 1996 – 1997RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
- 2001 – 2005RoleMember of the Bulgarian National Assembly
- 2005 – 2009RoleAmbassador of Bulgaria to France
- 2009 – 2017RoleDirector-General of UNESCO
- 2012AwardHonorary doctorate at the Laval University
- 2013AwardHonorary doctor of the Tongji University
- 2014AwardOrder of Stara Planina
- 2014AwardHonorary doctorate from CNAM
- 2014AwardCommander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite
- 2014AwardCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 2014AwardDostyk Order of grade I
- 2014AwardHilal-e-Pakistan
- 2014AwardOrder of Valour
- 2015AwardOrder of the Polar Star
- 2016AwardDuke of Edinburgh Conservation Award
- 2017AwardOfficer of the National Order of Quebec
- 2021RoleAdministrator
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1952 – today).
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
Biography
Irina Georgieva Bokova (Bulgarian: Ирина Георгиева Бокова; born 12 July 1952) is a Bulgarian politician and a former Director-General of UNESCO (2009–2017). During her political and diplomatic career in Bulgaria, she served, among others, two terms as a member of the National parliament, and deputy minister of foreign affairs and minister of foreign affairs ad interim under Prime Minister Zhan Videnov. She also served as Bulgaria's ambassador to France and to Monaco, and was Bulgaria's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Bokova was also the personal representative of Bulgaria's president to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2005–2009).
On 15 November 2009, she took office as the ninth Director-General of UNESCO, marking two firsts: she became both the first female and the first Southeastern European to head the agency. At UNESCO, Bokova advocated for gender equality, improved education and preventing funding for terrorism, especially by enforcing the protection of intellectual goods. Currently, she is co-founder and member of GWL Voices.
Text from the Wikipedia article Irina Bokova, CC BY-SA 4.0
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