Rosen Asenov Plevneliev (Bulgarian: Росен Асенов Плевнелиев; born 14 May 1964) has been President of Bulgaria since January 2012. He was the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works from July 2009 to September 2011 as part of the cabinet of Boyko Borisov.[1] In October 2011, Plevneliev was elected as President in a second round of voting; he was inaugurated on 18 January 2012.[2]
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Biography 1
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Political career 2
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Controversies 3
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References 4
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External links 5
Biography
Rosen Plevneliev was born in Gotse Delchev. His mother, Slavka Plevnelieva, was a teacher, and his father, Asen Plevneliev, was an activist of the Communist Party.[3] His family relocated to Blagoevgrad when he turned 10 years old. His family descended from Bulgarian refugees from southern Macedonia who resettled from today's village of Petrousa in the municipality of Prosotsani in Drama regional unit, Greek Macedonia, in 1913. The Plevneliev family name refers to the Bulgarian name of the village, Plevnya (Плевня, "barn").[5]
Plevneliev studied at Blagoevgrad Mathematical and Natural Sciences High School, from which he graduated in 1982. In 1989 he graduated from the Higher Mechanical-Electrotechnical Institute, Sofia, and in the same year become a fellow at the Institute for Microprocessing Technology, Pravets. While studying in the university, he was a Komsomol member of the Bulgarian Communist Party.[7] After the political changes, in 1990, Plevneliev started a private building company in Bulgaria. Among other projects, the company built the Sofia Business Park.
He is married to the journalist Yuliyana Plevnelieva and they have three sons: Phillip , Asen and Pavel.[8] His hobby is underwater diving. In addition to his native Bulgarian, he speaks English and German.[9]
Political career
Plevneliev became Minister of Regional Development and Public Works under Prime Minister Borisov on 27 July 2009.
He was announced as Georgi Parvanov on 22 January 2012. Among his priorities are administrative reforms, energy efficiency and energy independence and removing of ambassadors of Bulgaria in foreign countries who have served as secret agents during the Communist regime.
As a result of the 2013 Bulgarian protests against monopoly and high electricity prices, the conservative government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov tendered its resignation on 20 February 2013. President Plevneliev, acting in accordance with the constitution, offered a mandate to form a new government within the term of the current Parliament to GERB, BSP and DPS but after each of them declined, Plevneliev appointed a caretaker government on 13 March 2013, with Marin Raykov, the Bulgarian ambassador in Paris as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.[12]
In 2013, due to the prolonged protests against the involvement of oligarchy in politics and the government, Plevneliev organised the 'Dialogue with citizens' initiative, which involved three debates, focused on market economy, the judicial system and media freedom.[13]
Plevneliev advocates for closer relations between Bulgaria and the People's Republic of China.[14][15]
Plevneliev has frequently criticized the immigration policy in the UK set by the current Prime Minister, David Cameron.[16]
By appointing the Bliznashki Government on 6 August 2014, Plevneliev has become the first President of Bulgaria to appoint more than one (so far two) caretaker governments.
Controversies
In January 2014 it became known that the tax authorities are inspecting Plevneliev and his relatives. The topic generated some controversy, as some people say that any citizen can become an object of a tax inspection, while others point to what they perceive as too many tax inspections of critics of the Oresharski Government.[17]
References
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^ "Biography of Rosen Plevneliev (Bulgarian)".
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^ "Plevneliev Sworn In as President of Bulgaria". novinite.com. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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^ Anton Todorov (11 November 2012). "Rosen Plevnelien in the Upper Class of the Kingdom of Communism" (in Bulgarian).
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^ "Росен Плевналиев в „Нека говорят“ с Росен Петров, bTV, 6.11.2011 г." (in Bulgarian). bTV. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
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^ Todorov, Anton (15 September 2014). "The Ironhead Communists Bliznashki and Plevneliev in 1987" (in Bulgarian). Frognews Agency.
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^ "Rosen Plevneliev (Bulgarian)". 24 Chasa newspaper. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
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^ Presidential Biography""". President of Bulgaria. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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^ Reuters. "Bulgaria's GERB puts up popular minister for president". trust.org. Thomson Reuters Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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^ Bulgaria: Plevneliev is Bulgaria's New President, noinvite.com, 30. October 2011
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^ "Президентът назначи служебното правителство и насрочи изборите" (in Bulgarian). dir.bg. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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^ Lyubenova, Maria (2013). "Предизвикателствата пред новите ПР и медийни комуникации в перспективата на европейските реалности (p. 272)" (in Bulgarian). Проблеми на постмодерността/Postmodernism problems, Volume 3, Number 3. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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^ "Bulgarian President-elect courts China". Novinite. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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^ "China, Bulgaria pledge to deepen cooperation".
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^ Politicians are judged by what they do and not by what they say
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^ The President Doubts the Impartiality of Tax Inspections
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Bibliography
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Lilov, Grigor (2013). Най-богатите българи (1st ed.). Sofia: „Кайлас” ЕООД.
External links
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Official site of the Presidency
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(Bulgarian)Video for President candidacy , YouTube
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