What is Irina Bokova?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Irina Bokova<br />{{small|{{lang|bg|Ирина Бокова}}}} |image = Irina Bokova UNESCO.jpg |order = 10th |title = Director-General of [[UNESCO]] |deputy = Getachew Engida |term_start = 15 October 2009 |term_end = 10 November 2017 |predecessor = [[Kōichirō Matsuura]] |successor = [[Audrey Azoulay]] |office1 = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]<br />{{small|Acting}} |primeminister1 = [[Zhan Videnov]] |term_start1 = 13 November 1996 |term_end1 = 13 February 1997 |predecessor1 = [[Georgi Pirinski Jr.|Georgi Pirinski]] |successor1 = [[:bg:Стоян Сталев|Stoyan Stalev]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|7|12}} |birth_place = [[Sofia]], [[People's Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = |spouse = Kalin Mitrev |alma_mater = [[Moscow State Institute of International Relations|Moscow State Institute of<br />International Relations]] |website = {{url|unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/director-general|Official biography}} |signature = Irina BokovaSignature.png }} '''Irina Georgieva Bokova''' ({{lang-bg|Ирина Георгиева Бокова}}; born 12 July 1952) is a [[Bulgaria]]n politician. She was the Director-General of [[UNESCO]] from 2009 until 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/history/directors-general/|title=Directors-General {{!}} United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/director-general|title=Director-General, Audrey Azoulay|website=UNESCO|date=13 November 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref> She was a member of the [[National Assembly (Bulgaria)|National parliament]]. She also was Bulgaria's ambassador to [[France]] and to [[Monaco]]. She was elected a honorary member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in