Yordan Bozhilov

Yordan Bozhilov currently serves as Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Bulgaria. He is the founder and Honorary member of the Sofia Security Forum. He had a long career as a government official in the Ministry of Defence between 1992 and 2013, holding various positions, including Head of the International Organisations and Arms Control Department, Director for International Cooperation, Deputy Director for Security and Defence Policy, and Head of the Political Cabinet of the Minister of Defence. He also served as a defense and security adviser to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Yordan Bozhilov is a lecturer at Sofia University. His papers on European defence, Black Sea security, and related topics have been published in Bulgaria and abroad.