Sergei Stanishev

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Sergei Stanishev (2009)

Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Stanischew ( Bulgarian Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев ; born May 5, 1966 in Cherson , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Bulgarian politician . He is a member of the Bulgarian Parliament and chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Social Democratic Party of Europe (SPE). From August 16, 2005 to July 26, 2009 he was Bulgarian Prime Minister .

His father Dimitar Stanischew was secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party , his mother a professor of Slavic Studies. He himself studied at Moscow's Lomonosov University , where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1989 . He worked as a freelance journalist on foreign policy issues, earned his doctorate in history in 1994 and then specialized in political science.

Political career

From 1995 Stanishev was officially concerned with foreign policy and international affairs in the BSP and from 1996 to 2001 chaired the responsible party committee. In June 2001 he was elected to the Bulgarian parliament and in December 2001 as party leader of the BSP.

In the election on June 25, 2005, he won a victory over the previous government , replacing Simeon Sakskoburggotski as prime minister. The socialists led by Stanishev then formed a grand coalition with the NDSW von Sakskoburggotski and the Turkish minority party .

Stanishev drew criticism from human rights activists when, in the run-up to the first Christopher Street Day in Bulgaria in June 2008 , he said that he “accepts people of other sexual orientations but does not advocate the display of this orientation”.

The end of his reign was overshadowed by the suspension of EU financial aid . The government was further accused of failing EU policies as well as corruption, inadequate fight against the Mafia and the lack of adequate youth policies. Since the country's democratization , it was the Bulgarian government with the least popular trust at the end of its reign. At the beginning of 2009, only 15% of Bulgarians trusted her, while 76% were against her.

In the 2009 parliamentary elections , all parties in the Stanishev-led coalition lost. For the socialists, who were then represented in parliament with only 40 members, it was the worst result in their history. Nevertheless, Stanishev was able to assert himself within the party and kept the post as party leader.

In November 2011 he was elected to succeed Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as President of the Party of European Socialists and was re-elected for a two-and-a-half-year term at the PES party congress in September 2012.

In the European elections in 2014 Stanishev was elected to the European Parliament .

Private life

Stanischew has been married to PR agent Monika Janowa since 2013. She gave birth to daughter Daria on May 1, 2011.

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ [3] , 2009
  4. ↑ Gay Pride Parades Highlight Discrimination Against Homosexuals , www.dw-world.de. June 28, 2008. 
  5. ↑ sueddeutsche.de ( Memento from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), January 29, 2009
  6. ↑ www.mediapool.bg , January 27, 2009
  7. ↑ EurActiv , 25 November 2011: New PES leader opposes a 'Europe of different speeds' .
  8. ↑ Sergei Stanishev elected President of the PES ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2013 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. , September 29, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pes.eu
  9. ↑ Bulgarian Socialist Leader begets First Child on Labor Day . novinite.com, May 1, 2011.

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SURNAME Stanishev, Sergei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Станишев, Сергей
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian politician and Prime Minister (2005–2009), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Kherson , Ukrainian SSR