Assen Vassilev graduated in Economics from Harvard and specialized in Business Administration and Law at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, respectively. He is the leader of political party “We Continue the Change”. From March 2013 to 29 May 2013, he was Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism in the caretaker Government of Marin Raykov. He held the position of Minister of Finance from 11 May 2021 to 15 September 2021 during the first caretaker cabinet of Stefan Yanev. During December 13 2021 - August 1 2022 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the government of Kiril Petkov. From 6th June 2023 until 8th April 2024 on he is the Minister of Finance in the government of Acad. Nikolay Denkov.