Career
Naydenov was born on 14 December 1968 in the town of Vratsa. He graduated in veterinary medicine from the Higher Institute of Zootechnics and Veterinary Medicine, now Trakia University in Stara Zagora. After finishing his education, he worked as an apprentice veterinarian and later as a veterinarian with his own clinic in the town of Vratsa.
In the period 2002-2004, he was director of the Regional Veterinary Service in Vratsa.
In the period 2005-2006 he was the Secretary-General of the National Veterinary Service in Sofia. From 2006 to 2009 he was director of the municipal company "Ekoravnovesie" of Sofia Municipality.
He was proposed to be the Minister of Agriculture and Food after the refusal of Dessislava Taneva to occupy this post. Naydenov is married with two children.