Rossen Plevneliev

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Rossen Plevneliev in January 2015.

Rossen Assenow Plevneliev (also spelled Rosen Asenov Plevneliev , Bulgarian Росен Асенов Плевнелиев ); (Born May 14, 1964 in Goze Deltschew , Bulgaria ) is a Bulgarian entrepreneur, politician ( GERB ) and former Minister for Regional Development of the country. He was elected President of Bulgaria on October 30, 2011 and was in office from January 22, 2012 to January 22, 2017.

Life

Family and education

Rossen Plevneliev was born on May 14, 1964 in the Bulgarian city ​​of Goze Deltschew . His ancestors come from today's Greek Petrusa near Drama (see Macedonian Bulgarians ) who were expelled in 1913 during the Second Balkan War . At the age of ten, his parents moved to Blagoevgrad . There he attended mathematics high school between 1978 and 1982. After graduating from high school, Plewneliev studied computer science at the Technical University of Sofia , which he graduated in 1989.

Rossen Plewneliew is married to the journalist Juliana Plewneliewa, with whom he has three sons. This is his second marriage. He has no children from his first marriage. Juliana Plewneliewa is considered a critic of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and does not make any public appearances.

Entrepreneur

After the fall of communism in Bulgaria , Plewneliew founded the construction company Iris International in 1990 , with which he was present, among other things, as a subcontractor for larger companies on construction sites in Germany. The projects that the company has overseen in Bulgaria include the reconstruction of the Sheraton Hotel in Sofia, the construction of the BNP Paribas -Bulgaria headquarters in Sofia, and the construction of the Sofia Business Park. In 1994 Plewneliew founded LinBulgaria GmbH , in 1998 Lindner Iris Immobilien OOD as part of Lindner AG in Bulgaria. The Sofia Business Park was built under the personal direction of Plevnelev. Since 2009 he has been Minister for Regional Development of the country in the government of Boyko Borisov .

Plevneliev is a member of the “Confederation of Employers and Entrepreneurs in Bulgaria”, the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria and the “For Our Children” foundation (Bulgarian За нашите деца).

Politician

minister

In September 2011, Plevneliev was nominated by the GERB party as the top candidate for the presidential post in the 2011 presidential election, which he won in the runoff election on October 30, 2011. The incumbent Justice Minister Margarita Popova became the new Bulgarian Vice-President. On September 9, 2011, he resigned his ministerial office. His ministerial office was taken over by Liljana Pavlova .

president

Elections and priorities

The 2011 presidential election took place on October 23, 2011. On October 30, 2011 there was a runoff election, from which Rossen Plewneliew emerged as the winner ahead of Iwajlo Kalfin . Plevneliev was able to convince 52.58% (validly cast ballot) of the population.

Plevneliev named the recall of the Bulgarian ambassadors and consuls, who were members of the notorious Communist State Security (DS), as one of his priorities (→ Bulgaria # Foreign Policy ). In addition, he wanted to campaign for administrative reform, for sustainability in politics and the economy, and for energy efficiency.

Plewneliew is for a stronger role for Germany within the European Union.

Administration

On January 19, 2012 shortly after 10 a.m. Plevneliev took the oath of office in front of the Bulgarian Parliament and the Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim I. He took office a few days later on January 22. As one of his first public appearances, he took part on February 1st, the "Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Communist Regime". In doing so, he condemned the regime and its committed acts, including: the rulings of the communist people's courts of 1945, when large sections of the country's political, military and intellectual elite were sentenced to death; the “forcible formation” of a Macedonian national minority within Bulgaria, as well as the unanimous decision of the communist elite to surrender Bulgaria's sovereignty and join the Soviet Union. Since the Crimean crisis and the subsequent war in Ukraine since 2014 , Plevnelev has repeatedly criticized the policies of the Russian government under President Putin; Despite long-term good relations with Russia, he criticized what he saw as an aggressive nationalist policy reminiscent of the imperialism of the 19th century.

For the presidential election in 2016 Plevneliev did not occur again. His successor Rumen Radew has been in office since January 22, 2017.

Honors

literature

Web links

Commons : Rossen Plewneliew  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Биографии: Росен Асенов Плевнелиев , Официална уеб страница на Правителството на Република Бъл. 29 юли 2009. Archived from the original on January 20, 2014 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. . Retrieved August 12, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.government.bg 
  2. ↑ Interview with Rossen Plewneliew (bulg.) ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2012 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. , in the program "Нека говорят", bTV, November 6, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.btv.bg
  3. ↑ Плевнелиев разкри, че в минал живот бил ирландска пастирка , Mediapool, December 18, 2011
  4. ↑ Election result of the presidential elections 2011 ( Memento of the original from November 11, 2016 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. , Central Election Commission, November 24, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / results.cik.bg
  5. ^ Return of Bulgarian ambassadors and consuls , Dnevnik, November 24, 2011
  6. ^ The priorities of Rossen Plevnelev , Dnevnik, December 16, 2011
  7. ↑ "Germany will lead us" ( Memento from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Plewneliew in front of Financial Times Deutschland, January 29, 2012
  8. ↑ http://news.ibox.bg/news/id_213643342
  9. ↑ Speech by Rossen Plewneliew on the day of remembrance for the victims of the communist regime ( memento of the original from October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : (Bulgarian) Фактите, за репресиите върву елита на българската нация. Фактите че в Пиринския край нашите родители с милиция бяха принуждавани да забравят , че са българи ... национално предателство, извършено от ЦК на БКП, когато единодушно гласуваха да подарим независимостта си и националния суверенитет на Съветския съюз , Video, 1 February 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ekipnews.com
  10. ^ Dariusz Kalan: Bulgaria's Turn. Sofia Gives Moscow Some Attitude. In: Foreign Affairs , June 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ Stefan Troebst: No choice of direction, but a mood barometer , mdr.de, November 11, 2016, accessed on January 23, 2017.
  12. ^ Bulgaria's new President Radev in office , dw.com, January 22, 2017, accessed January 23, 2017.
  13. ↑ Papoulias presents Plewenliew with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
  14. ↑ Plevnelev: “I want to be a friend of Russia” , euronews, April 14, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016.
  15. ↑ Bulgaria President Named 'Person of Year' in Ukraine , novinite.com, March 27, 2016 Retrieved on April 15, 2016 ( English ).
  16. ↑ noe.gv.at LH Pröll received the Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev in St. Pölten ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Niederösterreichische Landeskorrespondenz, April 27, 2016, accessed on May 3, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.noe.gv.at
personal data
SURNAME Plevneliev, Rossen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plewneliew, Rossen Asemow (full name); Plevneliev, Rosen Asenov; Росен Асенов Плевнелиев (Bulgarian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian politician and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Goze Delchev (city) , Bulgaria