# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irina-bokova
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:40:02.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irina-bokova"
name: "Irina Bokova"
slug: "irina-bokova"
description: "Irina Georgieva Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and a former Director-General of UNESCO (2009–2017). During her political and diplomatic career in Bulgaria, she served, among others, two terms as a member of the National parliament, and deputy minister of foreign affairs and minister of foreign affairs ad interim under Prime Minister Zhan Videnov. She also served as Bulgaria's ambassador to France and to Monaco, and was Bulgaria's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Bokova was also the personal representative of Bulgaria's president to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2005–2009)."
tagline: "Bulgarian diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blue-Shield_Vienna_3431.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-07-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.40374933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "IrinaBokova"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump