The BHVS membership is on free will and its members are fully independent. There are three categories of membership: founder-members, members, and honorary members. New members are admitted after an application to the BHVS Advisory Council, where the applicant states that he/she accepts the BHVS Statute and would voluntary work under its regulations.

Specialist in the field of tourism, online distribution, marketing and social networks. Interested in Bulgarian history, geography, genealogy, cartography and municipal and football clubs emblems.

Ethnologist and historian, assistant professor at University of Plovdiv, lecturer on Heraldry at Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Arts, and at Veliko Tarnovo University. Author of studies on ethnology, history and heraldry, and a designer of coats of arms. Associated member of l'Academie Internationale d'Héraldique.

Journalism student at Sofia University. Interested in social sciences. He has publications on heraldry, vexillology and geography.

He has a master degree in “Poster” from the National Academy of Art and a doctoral degree in “Visual and Plastic Art” from the New Bulgarian University. He is a Chief Assistant Prof. in the National Academy of Art, Sofia, Department “Poster and Visual Communication”. He is a member of the Specialized Expert Council for Postage Stamps Issue at the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria; a member of the Management Board of Section “Graphic Design” at the Union of Bulgarian Artists; a member of the Management Board of the Chamber of Designers in Bulgaria; a member of New Vision International Group. He has interests in the field of the national identity and its symbols, and its historical and contemporary use in the Bulgarian society.

Graduate of the National Academy of Arts. Illustrator of books, designer of several stamps and bookplates, and set-scene painter.

Member of the BHVS Advisory Council (2004-16)

Ethnologist and historian. Former director of the Historical Museum in the city of Pernik, and former curator of the National Historical Museum in Sofia. Organiser of several heraldic exhibitions.

Member of the BHVS Advisory Council (2004-10).

Illustrator and graphic artist, author of several marks, logo and emblems.

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Archaeology student at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia. His main interests are history, numismatics, Latin epigraphy, philately and sigilography.

Economist, interested in theoretical heraldry, rolls of arms, and history of the Bulgarian coats of arms, flags and anthems. He is the author of the study History of the Bulgarian State Symbols, (2006) 2017.

Philosophy student at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia. Interested in heraldry and medieval studies, arts and the humanities in general.

Post-graduate student at the Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. His main interests are Bulgarian medieval history, heraldry, chronology and numismatics.

Librarian of the BHVS.

Lawyer, managing director in international project financing. His main interests are history of heraldic traditions in Bulgaria and in the Balkans, and the modern reflections of them.

Vexillologist and historian. Former chief of one of the departments of the National Museum of Military History, colonel of the reserve. He is the author of the books: Bulgarian Military Flags and Banners, 1998, Flags of the States of the World, 2002, Symbols of Bulgaria: Arms, Flag, Anthem, 2004, and The Flags of Bulgarian Battle Glory, as well as, of many studies and articles on vexillology.

Manager of Flagman Ltd

Bachelor and Master of Laws from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, specialising in corporate and banking & finance law. Executive director and chairman of various companies with projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia. Member of Rand Club and Inanda Club.

A postgraduate study of fine art at the 'Willem de Kooning' Academy in Rotterdam, followed by MA Program of Philosophy in history of art, culture and religion at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) with several research specialisations at the Royal Dutch Institute (KNIR) in Rome and at the Dutch Institute of Art History (NIKI) in Florence. Curently is a PhD researcher at the Institute of European Culture and History, UvA. Explores the history of art and humanism at the papal and royal courts in Italy during the Renaissance and the Counter-reformation.

An archaeologist graduated at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia. Curator at the Regional Museum of History - Pernik. Interests in the fields of archaeology, history of medieval Bulgaria, numismatics and heraldry.

Historian – his maxim is that everything in life is history. Interested in the field of social sciences, as well as, heraldry, vexillology, municipal emblems, local and regional development, and administrative territorial divisions and their history.

Editor-in-chief of Dramshenska Gordos Newspaper. Author of several proposals for coats of arms of different Bulgarian families and villages. Illustrations. Fields of interests include Biology, Linguistics, Cultural Studies and Heraldry.

Treasurer of the BHVS

He has graduated the New Bulgarian University in Sofia. Associate professor at University of Plovdiv. Dr. Popov works in the field of the Medieval Archaeology. His researches and publications are focused on archaeology of arms, armour and war of the cold steel weaponry, heraldry, medieval castle, military and civil architecture of the Middle Ages. Author of the book Castle in Europe and Bulgaria during the Middle Ages, and over 30 publications (two of them on heraldry).

LLM and post graduate in Maritime Law and Logistics. Gropings in the fields of European esotericism and hermetism. Interested in phaleristics, bonistics, cynology. A man of classical music taste.

Manager of  Project Design Studio. Member of the Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria.

He worked as Director of the National Centre for Territorial Development

 and as a member of the Expert Council to the Council of Ministers.

Author of many architectural projects. Price winner in three competitions.

Decorated with the Jubilee Medal 1300 years Bulgaria.

Interested in municipal and family heraldry, personal emblems, and bookplates.

BA of Cultural Studies / Theory and History of the Culture, follows a master's degree in Eastern Cultures at the Centre for Eastern Studies, St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. Interests in archaeology, history, culture, heraldry and vexillology, and ancient scripts, religions and cultures. Member of Friends of India Club and National Centre of the Roerichs. Pax Cultura. Viva Cultura.

Works as a technician. Studied electronics in Technical University - Sofia. Aside from heraldry and vexillology is interested in history, astronomy, physics and politics. Member of the Sofia Municipality Volunteer Fire Safety Squad. In his spare time he plays guitar and cares for aquarium fish.

Standard-bearer of the BHVS.

He is an arts teacher with a master degree from Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen. Interests in medieval studies, semiotics, archaeology, heraldry, vexillology, uniformology, theory and history of arts, and applied arts.

BA student of Fine Arts Pedagogy at Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, Plovdiv. Jeweler, member of the Regional Chamber of Crafts, Plovdiv.  Interests in heraldry, sculpture, Eastern cultures and ancient religions.

MA in Poster and Visual Communications from The National Academy of Arts (NAA), Sofia. Assistant professor at Poster and Visual Communications Department, NAA. Member of Graphic Design Section of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, board member of the Chamber of Designers in Bulgaria, member of New Vision International Group, Bulgaria. Extensive expirience in graphic design, visual communication, graphic identity, poster, calligraphy and typography.

Physicist, theologian and historian. President and Herald of the Macedonian Heraldry Society, and editor of “Macedonian Herald”. Member of the Orders and Medals Commission of the President of the Republic of Macedonia. Associated member of l'Academie Internationale d'Héraldique. Designer of Arms. One of the founders of the BHVS.

President of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillologic Association, active member and former vice-director of the Flags of the World, editor of CHVA bulletin "Grb i zastava" and the Flags and Arms of the Modern Era. Author of the books The Coat of Arms and the Flag of the Republic of Croatia, 2008, and The Coats of Arms and the Flags of the City of Zagreb, 2009, as well as, of many articles on vexillology and heraldry. Major in the Croatian Armed Forces. Associated member of l'Academie Internationale d'Héraldique. Fellow of the Federation (FIAV, 2015). Laureate of the Federation (FIAV. 2017)

LLB at the Romanian-American University of Bucharest and PhD magna cum laude at the Romanian Academy, the Institute of History “N. Iorga” of Bucharest. Senior advisor at the Chancery of Orders of the Romanian Presidential Administration. Member or associate of several professional bodies and associations, notably the National Committee of Heraldry, Genealogy and Sigillography of the Romanian Academy and the Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry “Sever Zotta” of Iaşi (Romania). Associated member of l'Academie Internationale d'Héraldique. Heraldic artist. Explores the Romanian and Central-European heraldry and genealogy, the heraldic art, the connections between the heraldic phenomenon and the society, the history of chivalric orders, the history of the Romanian law a.s.o.

Lawyer. One of the founders and Vice President of the Macedonian Heraldry Society. Winner of the first prize for the design of the Order of Merit for Macedonia and Award for the design of the Order Ilinden 1903.

Retired toxicologist. Long-standing interests in the political, social and military aspects of history moved into the field of heraldry, especially  medieval armorials. Member, and former secretary, of Societas Heraldica Scandinavica, and also member of the Heraldry Society and of l'Academie Internationale d'Héraldique.

During 2012 he has received Arvid Berghmans heraldiska pris (the committee supervised by the Swedish Royal Library in Stockholm), and the Prix Dr. Walburga von Habsburg Douglas (Commission des Prix et Medailles de la Confederation Internationale de Genealogie et d'Heraldique) for his work on medieval armorials.

IN MEMORIAM

(1925-2008)

(2004-08)

FORMER MEMBERS

Stefan Papouktchiev (2008-12)

Violeta Velikova-Kosheleva (2004-12)