Filip Dimitrov
Filip Dimitrov Dimitrov (also written Filip Dimitrov Dimitrov , Bulgarian Филип Димитров Димитров ) (born March 31, 1955 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian writer , diplomat , politician and former Prime Minister and judge at the Constitutional Court.
Studies and professional career
After completing school at the English grammar school in Sofia , he studied law at the Kliment von Ohrid - University of Sofia from 1973 , which he graduated from in 1977 . He then completed postgraduate studies in individual and group psychotherapy .
From 1979 to 1990 he worked as a lawyer in Sofia and as such from 1989 to 1990 secretary of the Bar Association.
Political career
Party leader of the SDS and Prime Minister
Dimitrov began his political career in 1990 after the collapse of the communist government of Todor Zhivkov as a member of the anti-communist Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), which was founded in 1990 . From August to December 1990 he was deputy chairman and from December 1990 to December 1994 chairman of the National Coordination Council of the SDS and thus chairman of the SDS.
On October 13, 1991, parties that had previously been in the opposition achieved a majority in parliamentary elections for the first time. On November 4, 1991, he was appointed Prime Minister by President Schelju Schelew to succeed Dimitar Popov . He held this office until December 30, 1992 when he resigned after the Movement for Rights and Freedoms withdrew its support. He put the vote of confidence in parliament and lost the vote.
On January 15, 1992, the Dimitrov government recognized the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under this name. During his tenure in July 1992, the former Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov was arrested on suspicion of illegal enrichment.
As chairman of the SDS, he took a tough anti-communist course that refused to cooperate with the Bulgarian Socialist Party , the successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party . His attempts to overthrow the successor government of Lyuben Berow , which was supported by the BSP and the DPS, failed.
After the severe defeat of the SDS in the parliamentary elections on December 18, 1994 , he had to give up his office as party leader to Ivan Kostov .
In February 1997 he became a member of the SDS Executive Board for Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations . After his return from the USA he became a member of the National Council of the SDS in March 2002.
Member of Parliament, Diplomat, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Judge at the Constitutional Court
In the following years he was also elected a member of the National Assembly from 1992 to 1997, where he represented the interests of the SDS in the Sofia constituency. As a Member of Parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Foreign Policy and European Integration as well as a member of the Parliamentary Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament .
In May 1997 he resigned from the National Assembly and instead became Permanent Representative to the United Nations ( UN ). He then became ambassador to the USA in July 1998 . As such he was accredited in Washington until January 2002 .
On June 25, 2005 he was elected a member of the 40th National Assembly, where he is again a member of the SDS for the constituency of Sofia. In 2005 he was elected Vice President of the National Assembly.
From January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007, after Bulgaria's accession to the European Union, he was one of Bulgaria's interim members of the European Parliament . During this time he was vice-chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
On September 15, 2010, Catherine Ashton announced that Filip Dimitrov would become the EU ambassador to Georgia .
On September 15, 2015, he was nominated as a judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria from the quota of President Rossen Plevnelev .
Works
In addition to his professional and political activities, Dimitrov also works as a writer. As such he published:
- "For They Lived, Oh Lord," ( novella ) 1991
- "The True Story of the Round Table Knights", 1997
- "The Myths of Bulgarian Transition", 2002
- "Light of Men", 2003
- "The New Democracies and the Transatlantic Link", 2003
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Spiegel 52/1991: Green flags
- ↑ See Filip Dimitrov: Bulgaria's Recognitions ( Memento of December 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) in the journal Foreign Policy ; L. Ivanov et al. Bulgarian Policies on the Republic of Macedonia ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2008. 80 pp. (Trilingual publication in Bulgarian, Macedonian and English), ISBN 978-954-92032-2-6 .
- ^ Entry on Filip Dimitrov in the European Parliament 's database of deputies
- ↑ High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads and Deputy Heads of EU Delegations under the 2010 rotation (English; PDF; 143 kB)
- ↑ [1]
Andrei Lukanov | Dimitar Popov | Filip Dimitrov | Lyuben Berov | Reneta Indschowa (interim) | Schan Widenow | Stefan Sofijanski (interim) | Ivan Kostov | Simeon Sakskoburggotski | Sergei Stanishev | Boyko Borissov | Marin Rajkow (interim) | Plamen Oresharsky | Georgi Blisnaschki (interim) | Boyko Borissov | Ognjan Gerdschikow (interim) | Boyko Borisov
Shelju Shelev (1989–1990) | Petar Beron (1990) | Filip Dimitrov (1990-1994) | Ivan Kostov (1994-2001) | Ekaterina Mikhailova (2001–2002) | Nadezhda Michajlowa (2002–2005) | Petar Stoyanov (2005-2007) | Plamen Jurukov (2007-2008) | Martin Dimitrov (2008–2012) | Boris Markow (2012, interim) | Emil Kabaiwanow (2012–2013) | Boschidar Lukarski (since 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dimitrov, Filip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dimitrov, Filip Dimitrov (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian politician and Prime Minister, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sofia |