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Dr Antonina Stoyanova

Antonina Stoyanova, born Naydenova, is a Bulgarian Lawyer and social activist, who was First Lady of Bulgaria between 1997 and 2002, as the wife of the then president Petar Stoyanov(1997-2002)

Nationality: Bulgarian Spouse: Petar Stoyanov(m. 1979)

Education:PhD from the University of Leipzig Children: Stefan Stoyanov, born 1979 & Teofana Stoyanova, born 1990

Antonina Stoyanova is a Bulgarian  IP lawyer, diplomat and the wife of the former President of Republic of Bulgaria Petar Stoyanov (1997-2002).

Antonina Stoyanova  was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in a family of Bulgarian intellectuals. After her education in an English Language School in Plovdiv, she went to study at the University of Leipzig, Germany, where she completed her Bachelor and Master degree in International Law. She joind the Bulgarian bar in 1979 and practiced law until 1992 when she became diplomat at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was posted at the Bulgarian Embassy in London UK in 1992. In 1996 her husband Petar Stoyanov was elected President of Bulgaria and she returned in the country.

During the mandate of her husband as a President of Bulgaria she founded and chaired the NGO “Values” which mission is to  safeguard and develop the Bulgarian values inherent to the Bulgarian  national identity, which have helped the nation to survive through the centuries as well as  to assist and promote the development of the Bulgarian education, science and art as a part of the European culture.

After the presidency Antonina Stoyanova went to work at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, as a lawyer.

Mrs Stoyanova speaks German, English, French and Russian.