Figures of Plovdiv

Figures of Plovdiv

Petar Stoyanov (born 1952)

Petar Stoyanov (born 1952)

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Petar Stoyanov was born May 25th, 1952, in the city of Plovdiv. He gradiuated from the Law Faculty of the Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski.

  • 1978 - 1990 - An attorney in Plovdiv
  • 1990 - Spokesman of the Union of the Democratic Forces in Plovdiv
  • 1992 - Deputy Minister of Justice, in the government of the  Union of the Democratic Forces, with Philip Dimitrov as PM.
  • May 1993 - Chairman of the Legal Council of the  Union of the Democratic Forces.
  • 1994 - MP of the 37th National Assembly. Deputy Chairman of the parliamentary group of the  Union of the Democratic Forces. Deputy Chairman of the Commission of Youth, Sports and Tourism.
  • 1995 - Deputy Chairman of the  Union of the Democratic Forces, responsible for the Internal Affairs.
  • June 1st, 1996 - He won the preliminary presidential electoins, with 66% of 870 000, as the presidential candidate of the  Union of the Democratic Forces.
  • November 2nd, 1996 - Elected the President of Republic of Bulgaria, with 2 507 517 votes (59.73%).
  • Jan.19th, 1997 - He swore as a President of the Republic.
  • Jan.22nd, 1997 - He took office as a President.

Speaks German. Married, with a son and a daughter.

In 2001, Petar Stoyanov resigned from political life, with the argument that his losing the elections did not morally allowed him to actively participate in the political life within the country anymore...

Д-р Теофил Груев (1884 - 1959)
Д-р Теофил Христов Груев е роден в Габрово през 1884 година. Баща му, Христо Груев Данов от Клисура, е първи братовчед на книгоиздателя Христо Груев Данов. За да не ги бъркат поради еднаквите имена, двамата решават да направят промени: по-големият остава Христо Г.Данов, а по-малкият – Христо Груев.
Ivan Andreev, professor
Ivan Andreev, professor
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Hristo Bonev (born 1947)
Hristo Bonev (born 1947)
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Hristo Bonev was born February 3, 1947 in Plovdiv. Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 47 goals. He played for his country at the 1970 and...
Georgi Tringov, Grandmaster of chess (7 March 1937 – 2 July 2000)
Grandmaster of chess, Georgi Tringov (7 March 1937 – 2 July 2000), was a Grandmaster of chess from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He won the Bulgarian national chess championship in 1963 - the ...
Veneta Rangelova (born 1960)
Veneta Rangelova (born 1960)
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She was born on May 10th, 1960, in Plovdiv. Her début as a singer took place while she still was a high school student – she became the solo singer of the Pop-Music Band of the Plovdiv...
Ivan Spassov (1934-1996)
Ivan Spassov (1934-1996)
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Ivan Spassov (Jan. 17, 1934, Sofia, - Dec. 22, 1996, Plovdiv), composer, conductor, pedagogue...\r\nIvan Spassov graduated from the State Academy of Music in 1957, majoring in ...
Nayden Gerov (23.02.1823 - 09.10.1900)
Born in the educated Revival-period town of Koprivshtitsa, he quite early understood the great role of the well-organised school education to the spiritual development of Bulgarian nation. In the ...
Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938)
Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938)
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Prof. Ivan Mrkvicka (Ian-Vaclav Mrkvicka) - a major figure on Bulgarias post-Liberation art scene. Czech by origin, artist, professor of paiting. Studied in the Prague Academy of Arts and the ...
Yordan Kovachev  (1895 - 1966)
Yordan Kovachev (1895 - 1966)
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He was born in the town of Peshtera on October 18, 1895. He followed the footsteps of his lawyer father and after graduating high school in Plovdiv, he studied Law school. He settled in Plovdiv.
Asen Zlatev (born 1960)
Asen Zlatev (born 1960)
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Assen Zlatev was born on May 23, 1960, in the village of Tsarimir, Plovdiv Region. The reason for him to turn to the Vassil Levski Sports School in Plovdiv was probably the fact that he lost his fa...