FLOTILLA ADMIRAL GEORGI PENEV DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE BULGARIAN NAVY Flotilla Admiral Georgi Penev Penev, Bulgarian Navy is a native of Provadia, Bulgaria, and was born on 19 August 1969. In 1989, he graduated from the Secondary Polytechnic School in Provadia, Bulgaria. Flotilla Admiral Penev graduated the Bulgarian Naval Academy in Varna where he got a Master Degree of Science in Navigation (1994). He was commissioned as Navigation Officer from the Bulgarian Naval Academy on August 1994. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Anti-submarine Warfare Officer onboard of KONI class frigate BGS SMELI in Varna Naval Base. His next seagoing assignment was Executive Officer of the KONI class frigate BGS SMELI from 1997 to 2003. In 2003, Flotilla Admiral Penev was selected to attend the Rakovski National Defence Academy in Sofia, and graduated in 2005. After his graduation, Flotilla Admiral Penev was appointed as Commanding Officer of the KONI class frigate BGS SMELI from 2005 to 2007. His next appointment was as Chief of Staff of the First Patrol Frigate and Corvettes Squadron in Varna Naval Base from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, Flotilla Admiral Penev was appointed as Squadron Commander of the First Patrol Frigate and Corvettes Squadron in Varna Naval Base. In 2013, Flotilla Admiral Penev reported as a student to the Rakovski National Defence College in Sofia and graduated in 2014. In 2014, Flotilla Admiral Penev was appointed as Chief of Staff in Bulgarian Naval Base, and in 2016 he received an assignment in the Bulgarian Navy Headquarters as Chief of Staff. In 2018 he assumed his current position as a Deputy Commander of the Bulgarian Navy. Flotilla Admiral Penev was awarded with “Officer Dirk”, “Small replica of Khan Kubrat’s sword”, and was decorated with Bulgarian Military Merit Cross III Class and Badge of honor from the Minister of Defense of Bulgaria. Fluent in English and French. Flotilla admiral Georgi Penev is married. EDUCATION 1989 Graduated from Secondary Polytechnic School in Provadia, Bulgaria 1994 Master Degree in Navigation, Bulgarian Naval Academy, Varna, Bulgaria 2005 Graduated from Rakovski National Defence College, Sofia, Bulgaria 2014 Graduated from Rakovski National Defence College, Sofia, Bulgaria MILITARY CAREER DEVELOPMENT 1994 Commissioned as Navigation Officer, BGR Navy FFG SMELI 1995 Anti-submarine Warfare Officer, BGR Navy FFG SMELI 1997 Executive Officer, BGR Navy FFG SMELI 2005 Commanding Officer, BGR Navy FFG SMELI 2007 Chief of Staff, First Patrol Frigate and Corvettes Squadron, Varna Naval Base 2011 Commander, First Patrol Frigate and Corvettes Squadron, Varna Naval Base 2014 Chief of Staff, Bulgarian Naval Base 2016 Chief of Staff, Bulgarian Navy Headquarters 2018 Deputy Commander of the Bulgarian Navy .