In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Ivanova and the family name is Marinova-Zheleva.
Maria Zheleva
First Lady of Bulgaria
In role 1 August 1990 – 22 January 1997
President
Zhelyu Zhelev
Preceded by
Galia Mladenova
Succeeded by
Antonina Stoyanova
Personal details
Born
Maria Ivanova Marinova
(1942-04-03)3 April 1942 Grozden, Bulgaria
Died
8 December 2013(2013-12-08) (aged 71) Sofia, Bulgaria
Spouse
Zhelyu Zhelev
(m. 1961)
Children
2
Maria Ivanova Marinova-Zheleva (Bulgarian: Мария Иванова Маринова-Желева, 3 April 1942 – 8 December 2013), sometimes transliterated as Mariya Zheleva or Mariya Jeleva, was a Bulgarian historian, film editor, film director, and screenwriter who served as the First Lady of Bulgaria from 1990 until 1997. Zheleva was the wife of Zhelyu Zhelev, the first non-Communist President of Bulgaria following the fall of communism in 1989. She remains the second longest serving first lady in Bulgaria's history.[1]
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