History
The Bulgarian Mineralogical Society was founded on February 21-st 1990 by members of the Department of Mineralogy at the Bulgarian Geological Society (founded 1925).
The first managing council running 1990-1993 consists of:
President – Ivan Kostov
Vice-President – Vesselina Breskovska
Secretary - Krassimir Bozhilov
Treasurer – Ruslan I. Kostov
Members: Bozhidar Mavroudchiev, Dechko Stefanov, Ivan K. Bonev, Jordanka Mincheva-Stefanova, Mihail Maleev, Svetoslav Petrussenko, Slavcho Mankov
1993-1996
President – Ivan Kostov
Vice-President – Vesselina Breskovska
Secretary - Strashimir Strashimirov
Treasurer – Ruslan I. Kostov
Members: Bozhidar Mavroudchiev, Dobrinka Stavrakeva, Ivan K. Bonev, Jordanka Mincheva-Stefanova, Mihail Maleev, Mihail Tarassov, Svetoslav Petrussenko
1996-1999
President – Vesselina Breskovska(1997-1999), Jordanka Mincheva-Stefanova (1997-99)
Secretary - Ruslan I. Kostov
Treasurer – Rumen Petrunov (1996-97); Margarita Tokmakchieva (1997-99)
Members: Bogdana Zidarova, Vesselin Kovachev, Dobrinka Stavrakeva, Ivan K. Bonev, Paraskev Petrov, Svetoslav Petrussenko, Strashimir Strashimirov
1999-2002
President – Dobrinka Stavrakeva
Vice-President – Ivan K. Bonev
Secretary - Ruslan I. Kostov
Treasurer – Julia Hristova
Members: Bogdana Zidarova, Vassilka Mladenova, Ivan Donchev, Kamen Bogdanov, Paraskev Petrov, Svetoslav Petrussenko, Slavcho Mankov
2002-2005
President – Dobrinka Stavrakeva
Vice-President – Ivan K. Bonev
Secretary – Kamen Bogdanov
Treasurer – Julia Hristova
Members: Bogdana Zidarova, Margarita Tokmakchieva, Ruslan I. Kostov, Ivan Donchev, Stanislav Vassilev, Svetoslav Petrussenko, Zlati Zlatev
2005-2008
President – Ivan K. Bonev
Vice-President – Ruslan I. Kostov
Secretary – Thomas Kerestedjian
Treasurer – Margarita Vassileva
Members: Bogdana Zidarova, Dobrinka Stavrakeva, Ivan Donchev, Margarita Tokmakchieva, Ruslan I. Kostov, Svetoslav Petrussenko, Stanislav Vassilev
2008-2011
President – Ruslan I. Kostov
Vice-President – Bogdana Zidarova
Secretary – Thomas Kerestedjian
Treasurer – Rossitsa Vassileva
Members: Vassilka Mladenova, Dobrinka Stavrakeva, Ivan Donchev, Margarita Vassileva, Radostina Atanassova, Svetoslav Petrussenko, Svetlana Encheva
2011-2014-
President – Ruslan I. Kostov
Vice-President – Bogdana Zidarova
Secretary – Radostina Atanassova
Treasurer – Rossitsa Vassileva
Members: Vassilka Mladenova, Dobrinka Stavrakeva, Ivan Donchev, Svetoslav Petrussenko, Svetlana Encheva, Margarita Vassileva, Thomas Kerestedjian
Honorary Presidents of the BMS:
Acad. Ivan Kostov
Prof. Jordanka Mincheva-Stefanova
Prof. Dobrinka Stavrakeva
Honorary Members of the BMS (year of election):
Prof. Dr. Robert A. Howie (United Kingdom) - 1991
Prof. Dr. Arnold S. Marfunin, Corr. Member RAS (Russia) - 1991
†Prof. Dr. Hugo Strunz (Germany) - 1991
Prof. Dr. Ichiro Sunagawa (Japan) - 1991
Dr.h.c. Iliya Deleff (Brazil-France) - 1993 (mineral collecting)
Acad. Nikolai P.Yushkin (Russia) - 1994
†Prof. Dr. Peter Zazoff (Germany) - 1994 (archaeological mineralogy)
Prof. Dr .Sc. Ernst Spiridonov (Russia)
Elisabeth Strack (Germany)
