Yordanka Fandakova is Mayor of Sofia. She was elected on 15 November 2009. Mrs. Fandakova was born on 12 April 1962 in Samokov. She graduated the 35th Russian Language School in Sofia and the University of Sofia, majoring in Russian Studies. She is married and has a daughter. Fandakova was a teacher (from 1985) and head teacher (since 1998) at the 73rd secondary school for foreign languages "Vladislav Gramatik" in Sofia. She became Deputy Mayor of Sofia Municipality of Culture, Education, Sports and Prevention of Abuse in 2007. Fandakova was elected Member of Parliament for GERB in the National Assembly in the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009 and was made Minister of Education, Youth and Science.