Balgarianovinite.com George Sharkov has been nominated as caretaker Minister of e-Government in the Gurov cabinet.
Sharkov is an expert in information technology, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, according to information published by the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies. He graduated in Mathematics from Sofia University’s Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics in 1986, and defended his PhD dissertation in artificial intelligence in 1993. He later completed postdoctoral training at Ghent University in Belgium.
He worked as a researcher at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1986 to 1993 and subsequently held academic positions at the University of Plovdiv.
He has many years of experience in the software industry and in managing international projects in finance, banking, and e-commerce. Since 2004, he has headed the European Software Institute Center Eastern Europe, and since 2016, he has led the Cybersecurity Lab at Sofia Tech Park.
From 2017 to 2019, Sharkov served as an advisor to the Minister of Defence and as national cybersecurity coordinator. He was also an advisor in the political cabinet of the Prime Minister. Between 2018 and 2021, he was a member of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence.
Sharkov specializes in software process management, quality assurance, and cybersecurity, and has taken part in numerous international initiatives and projects in these fields. George Sharkov: Minister of E-Government 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-18 14:34:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law