President of Bulgaria to speak at Harvard University, September 27th, 2012

President of Bulgaria to speak at Harvard University, September  27^th, 2012

Pathways to Development in Southeastern Europe: The Bulgarian Perspective
H.E. Rosen Plevneliev, president of the Republic of Bulgaria
Chaired by Dr. Elaine Kamarck, lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Thursday, September 27 – 4:00 p.m.
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building (courtyard level), Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy St. (directions:
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/contact#heading_02)

Admission by RSVP only. Please e-mail Ilyana Sawka (ilyana_sawka@hks.harvard.edu) to request a seat at the event.

H.E. Rosen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria
A member of the ruling center-right party Citizens for European Development, Plevneliev was directly elected to a five-year term as
president in October 2011. He has had consistently high popularity ratings throughout his political career; a former entrepreneur,
he previously served as Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, a role in which he successfully initiated and completed
large-scale infrastructure projects, winning tremendous popular support.

Dr. Elaine C. Kamarck, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Kamarck came to the Kennedy School after a career in politics and government. In the 1980s, she was one of the founders of the New
Democrat movement that helped elect Bill Clinton president. She served in the White House from 1993 to 1997, where she created and
managed the Clinton Administration’s National Performance Review, also known as reinventing government. In 2000, she took a leave of
absence to work as Senior Policy Advisor to the Gore campaign. She conducts research on governmental reform and innovation.

Co-sponsored by the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe http://www.hks.harvard.edu/programs/kokkalis
and the Center for Public Leadership http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/, Harvard Kennedy School

Please note: spaces are limited and admission to the event below is by RSVP only. Please contact Ilyana_Sawka@hks.harvard.edu to
request a seat at the event.