acad. Damyan Nikolov Damyanov, M.D. – distinguished surgeon, long-standing Chairman of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria and Vice-Chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, recipient of the Order “Stara Planina”-1st Class, for his extraordinary services to the Republic of Bulgaria in the field of medicine and Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius. He is also an Honorary Citizen of Shumen Municipality, Honorary Citizen of Veliki Preslav Municipality.
Petar Ivanov Stoyanovich – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Institute of Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, journalist, Minister of Culture (May 2013 – August 2014), Chairman of the Bulgarian Tsarist Society.
Eng. Fikret Indzhe – majority owner and member of the Supervisory Board of Alkomet AD, Honorary Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Magdalena Todorova Parlakchieva – United Bulgarian Bank AD.
Eng. Dimo Hristov Dimov – Executive Director of “Avtomagistrali – Cherno More”JSC.
Elitsa Foteva – expert at the Directorate “Science” at the Ministry of Education and Science, representative of the Ministry of Education and Science.
Naiden Kosev, PhD – representative of Shumen Municipality.
Danail Sotirov – PhD student, chairman of the Student Council of SHU
