Zorka Parvanova
{{Short description|First Lady of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012}}
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| office = First Lady of Bulgaria
| president = Georgi Parvanov
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| predecessor = Antonina Stoyanova
| successor = Yuliyana Plevnelieva
| birth_name = Zorka Petrova Partsova
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| birth_place = Razlog, Bulgaria
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| party = Non-Partisan
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Ivaylo
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Zorka Petrova Parvanova ({{née|Partsova}} {{langx|bg|Парцова}}; born 4 May 1958) is a Bulgarian historian and former First Lady of Bulgaria from 2002 until 2012. She is married to Georgi Parvanov, the former President of Bulgaria.{{cite news|url=http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2009-02-24&article=26771|title=President Parvanov to Present Golden Rython to Mayor of Rome|date=24 February 2009|work=Standart|access-date=30 April 2011}}
Early life and career
Paravanova was born 4 May 1958 in Razlog. Her education includes a degree from Sofia University in the field of History and Ethnography received in 1982. In addition she received a Ph.D. in History in 1989. From 1997 to 1999, she served as a lecturer at the Varna Free University and the Slavic University in Sofia. She has authored at least 20 publications and monographs. Parvanova is married to Georgi Parvanov. They have two sons, Vladimir and Ivaylo.
Honours
- {{Flag|Belgium}} : Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of LeopoldBelgian Royal Family Website, State visit in Bulgaria (2003), [http://www.monarchie.be/sites/default/files/imagecache/ImageDetail/images/fr_bulga3_3160.jpg Photo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524060530/http://www.monarchie.be/sites/default/files/imagecache/ImageDetail/images/fr_bulga3_3160.jpg |date=24 May 2012 }}
- {{Flag|Denmark}} : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (2006) [http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/5314/nws9273648pv.jpg Photo of the royal and presidential couples] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130114051147/http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/5314/nws9273648pv.jpg |date=14 January 2013 }}
- {{Flag|Estonia}} : Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
- {{Flag|Latvia}} : Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class
- {{flag|Portugal}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (2003)
- {{Flag|Spain}} : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (07/06/2003) [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2003/06/10/pdfs/A22429-22429.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado]
- {{Flag|Sweden}} : Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
References
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External links
- [http://www.president.bg/p_biol.php Biography on the website of the President of Bulgaria]
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Category:First ladies of Bulgaria
Category:Bulgarian women in politics
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
Category:Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog
Category:Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
Category:Macedonian Bulgarians
Category:20th-century Bulgarian historians