{{short description|Bulgarian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Evdokiya Maneva | image = | country = {{BUL}} | office1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|03|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria | party = | spouse = | partner = | children = | profession = Politician }}
'''Evdokiya Ivanova Maneva-Babulkova''' ({{langx|bg|Евдокия Иванова Манева-Бабулкова}}) (born March 20, 1945) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Minister of Environment in the Kostov government between 1997 and 2001.<ref name="omda9.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.omda.bg/page.php?tittle=Evdokiya_Maneva&IDMenu=370&IDArticle=1192|title=Профил на Евдокия Манева в "omda|publisher=omda.bg|language=bg|access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref>
==Life==
Maneva was born in Sofia and completed studies in chemical engineering in the Soviet Union. She obtained a doctorate in economics in Moscow in 1983.<ref name="sega9.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.segabg.com/article.php?id=228765|title=Евдокия Манева: Касчиев не си е свършил работата, шефът на КИАЕМЦ се държал като нервна госпожица. За 3 години и половина не е имало инциденти в АЕЦ, твърди екоминистърката|author=Ivanov, Viktor|publisher=sega.bg|date=25 September 2000|language=bg|access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref>
Between February and May 1997, Maneva served as vice-Prime Minister in the caretaker government of Stefan Sofiyanski before becoming a member of the Kostov cabinet. In 2001 she was temporarily the leader of the Sofia branch of the UDF.
In March 2013, she became the vice-Minister of the Environment in the interim Raykov government.<ref name="mediapool9.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.mediapool.bg/malina-krumova-i-evdokiya-maneva-shte-sa-zam-ministri-na-okolnata-sreda-news204211.html|title=Малина Крумова и Евдокия Манева ще са зам.-министри на околната среда|publisher=mediapool.bg|date=18 March 2013|language=bg|access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref>
Maneva was also among the candidates considered for the Bliznashki government that was appointed by Rosen Plevneliev in the aftermath of Plamen Oresharski's resignation as Prime Minister.<ref name="novini9.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.novini.bg/news/225219-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8F%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE.html|title=Плевнелиев обявява служебното правителство, най-обсъжданото име за служебен премиер е това на проф. Георги Близнашки|publisher=novini.bg|date=5 August 2014|language=bg|access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maneva, Evdokiya}} Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Sofia Category:20th-century Bulgarian women politicians Category:Environment and water ministers of Bulgaria Category:Women government ministers of Bulgaria Category:21st-century Bulgarian women politicians Category:21st-century Bulgarian politicians