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Georgi Parvanov
Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov is a Bulgarian historian and politician who was the president of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012. He was elected after defeating incumbent Petar Stoyanov in the second round of the November 2001 presidential election. He took office on January 22, 2002. He was reelected in 2006 with 75.9% of the vote, becoming the first Bulgarian president to serve two terms. Parvanov supporte…
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politics · President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012 · politician · historian · also Georgi Parvanov, Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov, Parvanov
Born 28 June 1957 · Q57261
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2017· 2 entries
Stepped down as party leader and was replaced by Konstantin Prodanov
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2013· 1 entry
Virtually no media mentioned ABV in any context, in January 2014 Parvanov made what some media called "a disappointing attempt to restart the project", and others referred to ABV as an "officially frozen project"
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2011· 1 entry
Parvanov has two grandchildren from his son Vladimir: Georgi (born 2011) and Victoria (born 2015).
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2010· 1 entry
balkaninsight: Profile: Georgi Parvanov
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2009· 2 entries
Won: Lithuania (March 2009).
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Won: Malta (October 2009).
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2006· 8 entries
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Parvanov, Siderov Set For Bulgaria Presidential Runoff
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The Irish Times: Parvanov takes lead in Bulgarian polls
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (2006).
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Won: Norway (August 2006).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (2006).
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Won: Denmark (March 2006).
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Parvanov admitted that before 1989 there was a file on him at the Communist Security Service (Darzhavna Sigurnost, or DS) under the nickname "Gotse" (for the revolutionary Gotse Delchev) for his scientific assistance on
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Campaign: 2006 presidential election.
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2005· 1 entry
Won Great Gold Medal of Masaryk University (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Won: Monaco (November 2004).
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2003· 4 entries
Won: Spain (June 2003).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Prešov in Prešov (2003).
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Awarded Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (2003).
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Won: Estonia (May 2003).
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2002· 3 entries
Won: Portugal (October 2002).
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Career landmark: President of Bulgaria (2002–2012).
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2001· 2 entries
Campaign: 2001 presidential election.
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Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2001–2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Parvanov was reelected as Chairman of the National Council of the BSP
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1998· 1 entry
Saddam Hussein took bribes from the Bulgarian Socialist Party, then led by Parvanov and companies close to the party
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (1997–2001).
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1994· 1 entry
Became Deputy Chairman of the BSP national Council
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1989· 2 entries
Was promoted to a senior research associate
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Parvanov formed the nationalist organization Nationwide Committee for the Defense of National Interests (Bulgarian: Общонароден комитет за защита на националните интереси)
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1988· 1 entry
Parvanov defended his doctoral thesis in history, which is titled "Dimitar Blagoev and the Bulgarian national question 1879-1917"
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1981· 1 entry
Parvanov joined the Bulgarian Communist Party
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1975· 1 entry
Parvanov graduated from secondary school in Pernik and, in 1981, finished his undergraduate education at Sofia University, gaining a major in history, and specializing in the history of the Bulgarian Communist Party
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-06-28.
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