predecessor successor birth_place party office primeminister birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
boyko borisov maria boyadzhiyska -lrb- acting -rrb- daniel valchev maria boyadzhiyska -lrb- acting -rrb- sergei ignatov samokov , bulgaria gerb minister of education and science boyko borisov 12 april 1962 62nd mayor of sofia 64th mayor of sofia november 27 , 2009 23 , 2009 november 8 , 2011 july yordanka fandakova.jpg yordanka fandakova
 october 6 , 2011 november 19 , 2009 jordanka fandakova sofia university
yordanka fandakova

yordanka asenova fandakova -lrb- -rrb- is a bulgarian politician and mayor of sofia .
she is the first woman to hold this position .
she was elected on 15 november 2009 , after defeating the bulgarian socialist party contender georgi kadiev .
fandakova was born on 12 april 1962 in samokov .
she graduated the 35th russian language school in sofia and the university of sofia , majoring in russian studies .
she is married and has a daughter .
fandakova was a teacher -lrb- from 1985 -rrb- and head teacher -lrb- since 1998 -rrb- at the 73rd secondary school for foreign languages `` vladislav gramatik '' in sofia .
she became deputy mayor of sofia municipality of culture , education , sports and prevention of abuse in 2007 .
fandakova was elected member of parliament for the gerb in the national assembly in the bulgarian parliamentary election , 2009 and was made minister of education , youth and science .
in october fandakova took a leave because of campaign-trail for mayor elections in sofia and was substituted by sergei ignatov , deputy minister of education and science who after she won election was appointed as the new minister of education and science .
on 15 november 2009 , she was elected as mayor of sofia .
fandakova received 66.23 % of the vote in the elections held on 15 november 2009 .
the socialist party contender georgi kadiev received 27.71 % , with a turnout of 23.17 % .
