Julian Georgiev Popov (Bulgarian: Юлиан Георгиев Попов; born 21 September 1959) is a Bulgarian-British, politician, public figure and writer.

Popov is the author of the book English Bulgaria or Switzerland in the Balkans (2004), the novel Island of Mists (2006), co-author of the books "The European Supergrid" and "Energy and Climate Diplomacy" and of many comment and opinion articles on energy policies, European integration, low-carbon economy and international relations for the Bulgarian, British (BBC Three, The Independent, Financial Times, Huffington Post, The Scotsman), Polish and other European media,[1] as well as for Al Jazeera.

[5] He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Bulgarian University[6] and Director and Treasurer of the British charity Friends of Bulgaria.

[10] Popov was appointed the Minister of Environment and Water in the caretaker Raykov Government on 13 March 2013.

In 2016 he was recognised as one of the 40 most influential voices in European energy policy under N24 by the Brussels media service EurActiv.