Mr. Emanuil Manolov

Eng. Emanuil Manolov was elected as Mayor of Pavlikeni Municipality in 2011. He was born in Pavlikeni on 20 December 1969. In 1995, Mr. Manolov graduated Architecture and Construction at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Sofia University. Since 2004, he is a member of the Chamber of Engineers in Investment Design and Planning. Mr. Manolov is married and has a son.

During his mandate as a Mayor, Pavlikeni Municipality attracted European funds of 50 million euros. For his active work, Mr. Manolov has been awarded with a “Mayor of the Month” award in the categories “Agriculture” and “Water attractions”.

The Municipality he leads, Pavlikeni, has been awarded two times with the European Label of Governance Excellence (ELoGE) of the Council of Europe.

Check out the first interview of Mayor Manolov as NALAS President, where he shared inspiring thoughts about regional cooperation, role of local governments in EU integration, leadership during crisis and much more: