Governing Bulgaria Must be Easy

Oresharsky, Bobeva and Chobanov (right).

With the start of the new school year on September 15, some members of the Bulgarian cabinet need to adjust their schedules to fit their teaching responsibilities. The prime minister Plamen Oresharsky, the vice - Daniela Bobeva, and the minister of finance Peter Chobanov will continue teaching classes at the University for National and World Economy (UNWE), reported Trud (part 1 and part 2). The news came from the  UNWE Finance Department Chair Docent Stoyan Alexandrov. The three members of the cabinet are faculty at the department. Docent Alexandrov also said that they will be allowed to teach only half of their typical academic load to allow for their government responsibilities.

The specific classes they will teach have not been announced yet. In the past, prime minister Oresharsky has taught investment and financial management. Peter Chaboanov has taught monetary theory and monetary policy as well as international finances. Daniela Bobeva has taught monetary theory and monetary policy, banking and a masters class in banks and international finance. Prime minister Oresharsky already has experience combining teaching and governing - he did not interrupt his lectures between 2005 and 2009, when he served as a minister of finance.

To get back to the title, governing Bulgaria must not be all that hard, if you don't even need to quit your day job.