Julian Popov

Who is Julian Popov?

Julian Popov is a Bulgarian-British writer, journalist, and Bulgarian government minister. He is the author of the book English Bulgaria or Switzerland in the Balkans and the novel Island of Mists and of many articles on European integration, low carbon economy and international relations for the Bulgarian, British, Polish and other European media. as well as for Al Jazeera. Popov has been an advocate for certain minority groups in Bulgaria, starting a campaign to remove a racist anti-Gypsy group from Facebook and writing articles on the maltreatment of gypsies in Bulgaria.

He is fellow of the European Climate Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Buildings Performance Institute Europe, Chairman of the Board of the "Elizabeth Kostova Foundation" for creative writing, and until becoming Cabinet Minister in 2013 served as Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian School of Politics and as a member of the board of the American University in Bulgaria,. He is member of the Board of Trustees of the New Bulgarian University and Director and Treasurer of the British charity Friends of Bulgaria.