Georgi Parvanov
Georgi Parvanov ( Bulgarian Георги Първанов; born June 28, 1957 in Sirischnik, Oblast Pernik ) is a Bulgarian politician and served 2002-2012 Bulgarian President.
Life
Georgi Parvanov comes from a small farming family and studied at the University of Sofia story. After receiving his doctorate in 1988, he worked at the Historical Institute of the Bulgarian Communist Party ( BCP since 1990 Bulgarian Socialist Party - BSP), which he had joined in 1981, and for the Bulgarian Communist State Security Authority. In 1994 he moved to parliament and became Deputy Chairman in 1996 finally Chairman of the BSP (until 2001 ).
President
On November 18, 2001 Parvanov won the runoff vote in the election for President of Bulgaria against the incumbent Petar Stoyanov officials. As President he was sworn in in January 2002. Like his predecessors, he was able to gain primarily by foreign policy issues are heard and rose to become the most popular Bulgarian politicians. During the run-up to the Iraq war, the then Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi support the coalition led by the United States, Parvanov warned of possible consequences for the forthcoming EU accession of the country.
In his re-election in October 2006, he was initially able to benefit from the electoral success of his party in the 2005 parliamentary elections. On 29 October 2006 he was confirmed in a runoff election with a clear majority in office. For the first time in 16 years so a statesman who was re-elected in Bulgaria.
On 24 July 2007 Parvanov pardoned in the so-called HIV trial in Libya condemned and delivered to Bulgaria five nurses Kristijana Valcheva, Nasja Nenowa, Valentina Siropulo, Valya Chervenyashka and Snezhana Dimitrova and a native of Palestine doctor Ashraf al - Hajuj, who since June 2007 Bulgarian citizen, upon their arrival in Sofia.
11 November 2011 Parvanov announced back in party politics after the expiration of his term as president.
Scandals
His presidencies are characterized by several scandals. 2007 it became apparent that he worked until 1990 for the Bulgarian National Security DS under the code name Goze.
In February 2009, he asked the new Russian Patriarch Kirill I to intervene in the affairs and internal fragmentation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. He violated the Bulgarian constitution that calls the state to religious neutrality and parity. This appeal followed a decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, which called on the Bulgarian government to fix the problem with the registry of the " alternative Synod " within three months. Back in Bulgaria Parvanov expressed that the decisions of the Strasbourg Court does not apply to the Bulgarian state.
In December 2010, a study that almost half of the Bulgarian ambassadors and consuls after the turn of members of the notorious communist State Security ( DS) were. Among them are currently 13 Bulgarian Ambassador to EU countries such as Germany, the UK and Spain operate. Georgi Parvanov, who is also a former employee of the DS, refused the demands of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov and Foreign Minister Mladenov zurückzuberufen this. In its competences, the appointment of the Bulgarian ambassadors and 97 of 127 ambassadors appointed by him falls were employees of national security.