Rear 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.
Rear admiral Penev graduated 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 on board 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, rear admiral Penev was selected to attend the Rakovski National Defence Academy, in Sofia and graduated in 2005. After his graduation rear 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, rear admiral Penev was appointed as Squadron Commander of the First Patrol Frigate and Corvettes Squadron in Varna Naval Base.
In 2013, rear admiral Penev reported as a student to the Rakovski National Defence College in Sofia and graduated in 2014.
In 2014, rear 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. Since May 6, 2018, Rear Admiral Penev is serving as Deputy Commander of the Bulgarian Navy.
`Rear admiral Penev was awarded with “Officer dirk”, “Small copy of Khan Kubrat’s sword”, and was decorated with Bulgarian Military Merit Cross III Class and Badge of honor from Minister of Defense of Bulgaria.
Rear admiral Georgi Penev is married to Zhivka Peneva.
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 Commissiond 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 Bulgarian Navy
2024 Bulgarian National Military Representative at SHAPE
Language Proficiency:
English - fluent
French - fluent
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