Dimitar Iliev Popov

Dimitar Popov Iliew ( Bulgarian Димитър Илиев Попов ) ( born June 25, 1927 in Kula ) is a Bulgarian jurist, politician and former Prime Minister.

Study and career

Popov graduated in law at the Kliment of Ohrid - Sofia University, which he completed in 1950 with the graduation.

Later he worked as a legal consultant to various governmental organizations, before in 1972 he was a judge at the Sofia City Court. 1988 was classified his intention to create a federal lawyers by the communist authorities as a constitutional harmful. In 1990 he was appointed Vice-President of the City Court of Sofia.

Political career

Popov began his political career in 1990 after the collapse of the communist government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. First, he was Secretary General of the Electoral Commission to conduct the first free elections to the National Assembly.

On December 7, 1990, he was appointed the first prime minister had been started on November 15, 1990 Republic of Bulgaria. During his last until November 8, 1991 reign of price liberalization was announced on 1 February 1991 and prohibited the government setting the exchange rate. Successor as Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov was.

Subsequent offices

After his resignation as Prime Minister he retired, although completely from political life back, but held several honorary positions.

As a lawyer, he was one of the founders of the Bulgarian motorists Union. He was also a member of the board of the National Academy Foundation and the Tsar Boris - society. In May 2001 he was elected Chairman of the Arbitration Commission of the boxing federation. In the same year he was also an advisor to the Ministry of Justice for the revision of the legal system.