The government appointed the state representatives on the Supervisory Board of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). The new members are Yavor Penchev, Ivanka Dineva, Kiril Ananiev and Rumen Specsov. Penchev was also appointed Chairman of the Board, Nova TV reported.
Yavor Penchev was appointed Deputy Minister of Health on February 5, 2025. He was Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works in the period 12.2021 - 06.2022. Penchev has been practicing independently as a lawyer in the field of commercial law, contract law and administrative law for over 15 years. He graduated from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski“.
Ivanka Dineva has been working in the healthcare system since 2002. She started as a junior expert “economist” in a regional office of the RHIF - Sofia Metropolitan Area and rose to the position of chief expert. From 2008 to 2012, she successively held several positions in the NHIF Central Directorate - Chief Legal Advisor, Acting Head of an independent “Legal“ department and Director of the “Legal“ Directorate. From May 2017 to December 2020, Dineva was an advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister on economic and demographic policy, and from December 2020 to September 2022, Director of the Sofia Health Fund. In September 2023 she took over the position of Executive Director of the Executive Agency “Medical Supervision”.
Kiril Ananiev is a specialist in the field of public finances with many years of experience in the Ministry of Finance, including as Minister and Deputy Minister. He was also Minister of Health. Since February 5 of this year, he has been Deputy Minister of Finance.
Rumen Spetsov is the current Director of the NRA. He graduated from the Economic Academy “D.A. Tsenov” - Svishtov, with majors in “Economics and Trade” and “Internal Financial Control”, as well as the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with major in “Protection of National Security”. In the period 2009 - 2015, he worked in the Central Directorate of the NRA, and since 2001. until 2006 he worked at the Territorial Directorate of the National Revenue Agency - Dobrich. He was also a consultant in the field of finance and tax legislation.