General Zaprianov was born on 16.04.1950 in Dragoynovo, Plovdiv region, Bulgaria. He has graduated the Mechanic and Technical High School in Plovdiv(1969); Land Forces Academy, Veliko Tarnovo(“Engineer of communications systems”, 1974); Military Communications and Information Systems College, Sankt Petersburg, Russia(1982); National Defense College “G.S.Rakovski”, Sofia,Bulgaria(1995); Chief Information Officer course, Information Recourse Management College, National Defense University Washington DC(2001); training course at NATO’s Defense College, Rome(2002). During his long military service he has served as: Head of Communications and Information Systems Directorate (J-6), General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces(1996-1997, 1999-2002); Commandant of the National Defense College(2002-2003); Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces for resources management(2003-2006), National Military representative to NATO and EU Military Committees(2006-2010), Advisor to the Minister of defense( 2010-2013). He has good working knowledge in English and Russian language.