Zorka Parvanova
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Zorka Parvanova (Bulgarian: Зорка Първанова) (born 4 May 1958 in Razlog) is the first lady of Bulgaria.
Parvanova is married to Georgi Parvanov. They have two sons, Vladimir and Ivaylo.
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.
On 19 July 2007 it was announced by the Commission on Communistic State Security Files that documents prove that Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria, was a secret agent of the communistic State Security Services under the name "agent Gotse". In retrospect, the fact that Georgi Parvanov was "agent Gotse" explains how this very humble provincial family was allowed to settle in Sofia in 1980s. Mrs Zorka Parvanova was granted a position at the Institute of Balkan Studies, without knowing foreign languages and without having a high-honors degree from the University.
Two documents reveal that the secret agent Gotse agreed to serve "with desire and promptness". These documents are proudly published on the Bulgarian President website by the President himself. There is no law in Bulgaria banning former secret agents from occupying high state positions. Bulgaria is the only EC country whose head of state is a former communistic agent. During his years of office, Georgi Parvanov appointed a lot of advisers and ambassadors who were announced on 19 July 2007 to be proven secret agents of the communistic pro-Soviet state security services. These are : 1. the present ambassador of Bulgaria to NATO Lubomir Ivanov 2. the present ambassador of Bulgaria to Greece Andrey Kаraslavov (secret name Chavdar) 3. The present ambassador of Bulgaria to Switzerland Atanas Pavlov (secret name Assenov) 4. the present ambassador of Bulgaria to Hague Zlatin Trupkov 5. the present ambassador of Bulgaria to Oslo Nikola Karadimov 6. the present ambassador of Bulgaria to Serbia Georgi Dimitrov 7. the present ambassador of Bulgaria to Spain Ivan Hristov 8. the former ambassador of Bulgaria to Brussels Emil Valev. Most recently Georgi Parvanov appointed Petko Sertov, another former communistic agent, as head of the newly formed FBI of Bulgaria. On 18 January 2008 Georgi Parvanov, without referring to or informing EU authorities, signed the South Stream gas project with Russia which is rivalling to Nabucco project of the European Union.
