Stefan Vodenicharov

Vodenicharov was born on 1 September 1944, in Sofia.^[1] He graduated from the Technical University, Sofia with a degree in metal technology and then got his Ph.D. in 1974.^[2] In 1991 Vodenicharov became a professor and in 2004 became corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).^[1] On 3 December 2012, following the death of Stefan Dodunekov, Vodenicharov was elected as BAS President.^[1] He also served as Deputy Director and Head of the Academician Angel Balevski Institute of Metal Science Equipment and Technologies with the Center for Hydro and Aerodynamics at BAS and a Member of the Managing Board of the Bulgarian Industrial Association.^[2] As President of the BAS, Vodenicharov had participated in a forum on innovation meeting, held at BAS between Bulgaria and Israel.^[3] He became Minister of Education, Youth and Science in the Cabinet of Boyko Borisov on 6 February 2013, succeeding Sergei Ignatov. The government fell shortly afterwards on 20 February 2013.^[4]

He died on 8 June 2020.^[4]

• "Местни избори 2019: Акад. Стефан Воденичаров: Знамената на партиите се виждат по-високо от знамената на България" (in Bulgarian). 24 October 2019.
• "Акад. Стефан Воденичаров: Липсват национални цели в науката" (in Bulgarian).

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