Yordanka Fandakova
Yordanka Fandakova has been the Mayor of Sofia since 2009. In the period 2007-2009, she was Deputy Mayor for Culture, Education and Sports. In 2007 she started the municipal programs “Culture” and “Europe”, which count more than 700 projects to date. She implemented reforms covering municipal theaters, participated in the development of the long-term strategy for cultural development “Sofia-creative capital” (2013-2023) and initiated Sofia’s bid for European Capital of Culture in 2019.