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Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV



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Constituencies

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  • Democrats for Strong Bulgaria icon: BG Bulgaria 2014/07/01 - 2019/07/01
  • Blue Coalition icon: BG Bulgaria 2012/03/28 - 2014/06/30
  • Democrats for Strong Bulgaria icon: BG Bulgaria 2012/01/12 - 2012/03/27
  • Blue Coalition icon: BG Bulgaria 2011/12/01 - 2012/01/11

Groups

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  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2011/12/01 - 2014/06/30
  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2014/07/01 - 2019/07/01

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 2011/12/14 2012/01/18
Member of Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 2011/12/15 2012/01/18
Member of Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 2012/01/19 2014/06/30
Substitute of Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 2012/01/19 2014/06/30
Substitute of Committee on Petitions 2014/07/01 2014/11/11
Member of Committee on Culture and Education 2014/07/01 2017/01/18
Substitute of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2014/07/01 2017/01/18
Member of Committee on Petitions 2014/11/12 2017/01/18
Substitute of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2017/01/19 2018/01/15
Member of Committee on Culture and Education 2017/01/19 2019/07/01
Member of Committee on Petitions 2017/01/19 2019/07/01
Substitute of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2018/01/16 2019/07/01

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula 2011/12/14 2014/06/30
Substitute of Delegation for relations with Israel 2014/07/14 2019/07/01
Member of Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula 2014/07/14 2019/07/01
Substitute of Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean 2014/07/14 2019/07/01

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Brussels

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Strasbourg

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  • 1047 Brussels

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Responsible Committee 2018/2707(RSP) PETI Petitions Improving language learning and the mutual recognition of language competences in the EU
Responsible Committee Shadow 2018/2090(INI) CULT Culture and Education Education in the digital era: challenges, opportunities and lessons for EU policy design
Opinion Committee Shadow 2018/0331(COD) CULT Culture and Education Preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online
Opinion Committee Shadow 2018/0207(COD) CULT Culture and Education Rights and values programme 2021–2027
Opinion Committee Shadow 2017/2273(INI) PETI Petitions Monitoring the application of EU law 2016
Responsible Committee Shadow 2017/2259(INI) CULT Culture and Education Implementation report on the EU youth strategy
Opinion Committee Shadow 2017/2127(INI) PETI Petitions Implementation of the European disability strategy
Opinion Committee Shadow 2017/2069(INI) CULT Culture and Education Strengthening citizens’ rights in a Union of democratic change. EU citizenship report 2017
Opinion Committee Shadow 2017/0220(COD) CULT Culture and Education European citizens’ initiative
Joint Responsible Committee 2016/0304(COD) ['EMPL', 'CULT'] Better services for skills and qualifications (Europass)
Opinion Committee Shadow 2015/2321(INI) CULT Culture and Education Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market
Responsible Committee Shadow 2015/2138(INI) CULT Culture and Education Learning EU at school
Opinion Committee Shadow 2015/2095(INI) PETI Petitions Situation in the Mediterranean and need for a holistic EU approach to migration
Opinion Committee Shadow 2010/2162(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Face of female poverty in the European Union

Activities

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Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
Marc JOULAUD icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 75
Andrea BOCSKOR icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 67
Bogusław SONIK icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 61
Milan ZVER icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 53
Sabine VERHEYEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 46
Bogdan Brunon WENTA icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 39
Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 39
Helga TRÜPEL icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Germany Germany 35
Silvia COSTA icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 32
María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 31
Heinz K. BECKER icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 28
Petra KAMMEREVERT icon: S&D S&D icon: Germany Germany 26
Eva MAYDELL icon: PPE PPE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 26
Julie WARD icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 23
Luigi MORGANO icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 23
Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ icon: PPE PPE icon: Czechia Czechia 21
Krystyna ŁYBACKA icon: S&D S&D icon: Poland Poland 21
Peter JAHR icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 19
Sylvie GUILLAUME icon: S&D S&D icon: France France 15
Momchil NEKOV icon: S&D S&D icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 15
Jarosław WAŁĘSA icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 15
Roberta METSOLA icon: PPE PPE icon: Malta Malta 14
Thomas MANN icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 14
Therese COMODINI CACHIA icon: PPE PPE icon: Malta Malta 13
György HÖLVÉNYI icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 13
Pál CSÁKY icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 11
Brando BENIFEI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 9
Liadh NÍ RIADA icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Ireland Ireland 9
Damian DRĂGHICI icon: S&D S&D icon: Romania Romania 9
Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH icon: PPE PPE icon: Malta Malta 8
Emilian PAVEL icon: S&D S&D icon: Romania Romania 8
Bart STAES icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Belgium Belgium 8
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ icon: PPE PPE icon: Czechia Czechia 8
Jeroen LENAERS icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 8
Tom VANDENKENDELAERE icon: PPE PPE icon: Belgium Belgium 8
Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 7
Angel DZHAMBAZKI icon: ECR ECR icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 7
Isabella ADINOLFI icon: EFDD EFDD icon: Italy Italy 7
Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 7
Cristian Dan PREDA icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 6
Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 6
Theodoros ZAGORAKIS icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 4
Geoffroy DIDIER icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 4
Alberto CIRIO icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 4
Mário DAVID icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 3
Antonio CANCIAN icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 3
Timothy KIRKHOPE icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 3
Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 3
Krzysztof LISEK icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 3
Tunne KELAM icon: PPE PPE icon: Estonia Estonia 3
Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 3
Paulo RANGEL icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 3
Niccolò RINALDI icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 3
Antonyia PARVANOVA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 3
Ismail ERTUG icon: S&D S&D icon: Germany Germany 3
Nuno TEIXEIRA icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 3
Nirj DEVA icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 3
Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 3
Arnaud DANJEAN icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 3
Adrian SEVERIN icon: NA NA icon: Romania Romania 3
Ivo VAJGL icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 3
Filip KACZMAREK icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 3
Elena Oana ANTONESCU icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 3
Monica MACOVEI icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 3
Dimitrios DROUTSAS icon: S&D S&D icon: Greece Greece 3
David CASA icon: PPE PPE icon: Malta Malta 3
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 3
Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 3
Anne DELVAUX icon: PPE PPE icon: Belgium Belgium 3
Paul RÜBIG icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 3
Inese VAIDERE icon: PPE PPE icon: Latvia Latvia 3
Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 3
Andrey KOVATCHEV icon: PPE PPE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 3
Eduard KUKAN icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 3
Kristiina OJULAND icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Estonia Estonia 3
Paweł Robert KOWAL icon: ECR ECR icon: Poland Poland 3
Ioan Mircea PAŞCU icon: S&D S&D icon: Romania Romania 3
Seán KELLY icon: PPE PPE icon: Ireland Ireland 3
Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU icon: S&D S&D icon: Cyprus Cyprus 3
Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 3
Kinga GÁL icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 3
Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 3
Burkhard BALZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 3
Oldřich VLASÁK icon: ECR ECR icon: Czechia Czechia 3
Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Romania Romania 3
Davor Ivo STIER icon: PPE PPE icon: Croatia Croatia 3
Norica NICOLAI icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Romania Romania 3
José Manuel FERNANDES icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 3
Hans-Peter MAYER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 3
Anna IBRISAGIC icon: PPE PPE icon: Sweden Sweden 3
Petru Constantin LUHAN icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 3
Jacek PROTASIEWICZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 3
Tiziano MOTTI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 3
Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Cyprus Cyprus 3
Bogusław LIBERADZKI icon: S&D S&D icon: Poland Poland 3
José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 3
Diogo FEIO icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 3
Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Spain Spain 3
Ilhan KYUCHYUK icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 2
József NAGY icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 2
Jana TOOM icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Estonia Estonia 1
Philippe JUVIN icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 1

By types

Amendments (230)
Major interpellations (1)
Oral questions (4)
Plenary speeches (141)
Reports (1)
Shadow opinions (9)
Shadow reports (3)
Written declarations (4)
Written explanations (81)
Written questions (48)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
592018/0331(COD)Preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online
242017/2259(INI)Implementation report on the EU youth strategy
242015/2138(INI)Learning EU at school
212018/0230(COD)European solidarity corps programme 2021–2027
182018/2090(INI)Education in the digital era: challenges, opportunities and lessons for EU policy design
172016/0304(COD)Better services for skills and qualifications (Europass)
162017/2069(INI)Strengthening citizens’ rights in a Union of democratic change. EU citizenship report 2017
112016/2009(INI)Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015
82018/0207(COD)Rights and values programme 2021–2027
62015/2321(INI)Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market
52017/2273(INI)Monitoring the application of EU law 2016
52017/2127(INI)Implementation of the European disability strategy
42018/0227(COD)Digital Europe programme 2021–2027
42016/2057(INI)EU options for improving access to medicines
42015/2095(INI)Situation in the Mediterranean and need for a holistic EU approach to migration
32012/0309(COD)Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement
32017/0220(COD)European citizens’ initiative
32014/2257(INI)European citizens' initiative
22017/2024(INL)Revision of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens’ initiative
22014/2239(INI)Follow up to the European citizens' initiative Right2Water
22014/2254(INI)Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014)
22014/0014(COD)Aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments
12015/2074(BUD)2016 budget: mandate for the trilogue
12014/2241(INI)New challenges and concepts for the promotion of tourism in Europe
12015/2006(INI)Promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training
12015/2086(INL)Cross-border aspects of adoptions
12015/2326(INI)Monitoring the application of Union law. 2014 annual report
12015/2258(INI)Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with special regard to the concluding observations of the UN CPRD Committee
12018/2855(RSP)Resolution on the use of Facebook users' data by Cambridge Analytica and the impact on data protection
12018/2707(RSP)Improving language learning and the mutual recognition of language competences in the EU
12016/0126(NLE)EU/USA Agreement: protection of personal information relating to the prevention, investigation, detection, and prosecution of criminal offenses
12016/2047(BUD)2017 general budget: all sections
12016/2966(RSP)Resolution on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women
12016/2981(RSP)Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement between Canada and the EU on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
12016/2030(INI)EU strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties
12016/2919(RSP)Resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision concerning the placing on the market for cultivation of genetically modified maize Bt11 (SYN-BTØ11-1) seeds
12016/2750(RSP)Resolution on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Eurojust
12016/0184(NLE)United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): Paris Agreement
12015/0306(COD)European travel document for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals
12013/0420(NLE)EU/Azerbaijan Framework Agreement: general principles for the participation of Azerbaijan in Union programmes. Protocol to the EC/Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
12015/0310(COD)European Border and Coast Guard
12015/2340(INI)Fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU's external relations
12016/2800(RSP)Resolution on the decision to leave the EU resulting from the UK referendum
12013/0119(COD)Simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the EU
12016/0039(COD)Further macro-financial assistance to Tunisia
12015/2276(INI)Space capabilities for European security and defence
12016/2682(RSP)Resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × GA21, and genetically modified maizes combining two or three of the events Bt11, MIR162, MIR604 and GA21
12015/0100(NLE)World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
12015/2275(INI)Peace support operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union
12015/2354(INI)Single market strategy
12013/0091(COD)European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)
12015/2279(INI)Cohesion policy in mountainous regions of the EU
12016/2575(RSP)Resolution on safeguarding the best interests of the child across the EU on the basis of petitions addressed to the European Parliament
12011/0023(COD)Use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
12016/2005(ACI)Interinstitutional agreement on better law-making
12016/2542(RSP)Resolution on the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty, based on petitions received, notably Petition 924/2011
12016/2547(RSP)Resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean FG72 (MST-FGØ72-2)
12015/2233(INI)Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
12014/0124(COD)European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work
12014/2218(INI)Annual report of the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2014
12015/2139(INI)Role of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and education in promoting EU fundamental values
12015/2088(INI)Skills policies for fighting youth unemployment
12015/2147(INI)Towards a digital single market act
12014/2242(INI)Sustainable urban mobility
12014/2237(INI)Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty
12015/2035(INL)Reform of the electoral law of the European Union
12013/0309(COD)Open internet access
12013/0442(COD)Limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants
12015/2053(INI)Possible extension of geographical indication protection of the European Union to non-agricultural products
12015/2004(INI)Role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation
12014/2240(INI)Untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth
12014/2149(INI)Towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe
12015/2634(RSP)Resolution on the building a capital markets union
12014/2228(INI)Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
12014/2244(INI)Delivering multimodal integrated ticketing in Europe
12014/0151(NLE)EU/Iceland agreement: Iceland's participation in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
12015/2001(INI)State of EU-Russia relations
12014/2953(RSP)Resolution on the 2014 Commission progress report on Turkey
12014/2153(INI)European energy security strategy
12014/2220(INI)Implementation of the common security and defence policy (based on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the common foreign and security policy)
12014/0059(COD)Supply chain due diligence obligations for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas
12015/2543(RSP)Resolution on the alcohol strategy
12013/0255(APP)European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
12014/0206(COD)EC/Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement and EC/Bosnia and Herzegovina Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters: application. Codification
12015/0010(APP)Multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the years 2014-2020: transfer of unused allocations for the year 2014
12015/2590(RSP)Resolution on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide
12013/0265(COD)Interchange fees for card-based payment transactions
12014/2217(INI)Progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2013
12014/2158(INI)Annual report on EU competition policy
12015/2550(RSP)Resolution on the case of Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia
12014/0218(COD)Cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences
12014/2543(RSP)
12014/2965(RSP)Resolution on the situation in Ukraine
12014/2829(RSP)Commission Work Programme 2015
12010/0208(COD)Genetically modified organisms (GMOs): possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory
12014/2038(BUD)Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for the financial year 2015
12014/2964(RSP)Resolution on recognition of Palestine statehood
12014/2197(INS)Motion of censure on the Commission
12014/0170(NLE)Adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015
12013/2960(RSP)Resolution on respect for the fundamental right of free movement in the EU
12011/0093(COD)Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection: implementation
12011/0322(NLE)EU/Russia Agreement: administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood; Protocol on technical modalities
12012/0145(COD)Protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community: investigations
12011/0239(COD)Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers
12010/0289(COD)Emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan
12011/0167(NLE)EU/Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and United States Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
12010/2162(INI)Face of female poverty in the European Union
12018/2722(RSP)

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Born

1968/01/19 - Dupnitsa

History

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English-language high school in Burgas, Bulgaria (1985-1999); bachelor's and Master's degree in political science from St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia (1988-1993); specialisation in democratic theory - Oslo, Norway (1990); specialisation in political science in New York, USA, with the New School University (1993-1994) as part of the 'Democracy Fellows' programme; Chevening scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of York, Great Britain; Master's degree course in political philosophy (1995-1996); doctoral student at the 'Theory of Politics' Department of St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia (1995-1998); research fellowship at the New School University, New York, USA (1997); PhD in political science - thesis on English Conservatism (1999); appointed associate professor of political science (political philosophy) (2009).
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Lecturer on the history of political philosophy at St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia (since 1998).
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Director of the 'Political Analysis and Strategies' Department of the Union of Democratic Forces (2001-2002); member of the Initiative Forum and founder of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (2004); member of the national leadership of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (2005-2007); Vice-President of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (since 2011).
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Member of the 40th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria (2005-2009); secretary of the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria parliamentary group and member of the Committee on Civil Society and the Media (2005-2009); member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2005-2009);
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Elected member of the European Parliament on the Blue Coalition list (2009); took up office after ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon; member of the European People's Party; member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, deputy member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and of the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (since 2011).
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Member of the editorial board of the Bulgarian Association of Political Science's publication 'Political Studies' (1992); member of the board of governors of the School of Politics (1992); member of the administrative council of the Political Academy for Central and South-Eastern Europe (1992). Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Razum' ('Reason') (since 2002).
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Author of the first translations into Bulgarian of classic political philosophy works by Francis Bacon, John Locke, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Hannah Arendt and others. Awarded the Bulgarian Union of Translators' prize for his translations of John Locke.
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  • English-language high school in Burgas, Bulgaria (1985-1999); bachelor's and Master's degree in political science from St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia (1988-1993); specialisation in democratic theory - Oslo, Norway (1990); specialisation in political science in New York, USA, with the New School University (1993-1994) as part of the 'Democracy Fellows' programme; Chevening scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of York, Great Britain; Master's degree course in political philosophy (1995-1996); doctoral student at the 'Theory of Politics' Department of St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia (1995-1998); research fellowship at the New School University, New York, USA (1997); PhD in political science - thesis on English Conservatism (1999); appointed associate professor of political science (political philosophy) (2009).
  • Lecturer on the history of political philosophy at St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia (since 1998).
  • Director of the 'Political Analysis and Strategies' Department of the Union of Democratic Forces (2001-2002); member of the Initiative Forum and founder of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (2004); member of the national leadership of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (2005-2007); Vice-President of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (since 2011).
  • Member of the 40th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria (2005-2009); secretary of the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria parliamentary group and member of the Committee on Civil Society and the Media (2005-2009); member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2005-2009);
  • Elected member of the European Parliament on the Blue Coalition list (2009); took up office after ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon; member of the European People's Party; member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, deputy member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and of the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (since 2011).
  • Member of the editorial board of the Bulgarian Association of Political Science's publication 'Political Studies' (1992); member of the board of governors of the School of Politics (1992); member of the administrative council of the Political Academy for Central and South-Eastern Europe (1992). Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Razum' ('Reason') (since 2002).
  • Author of the first translations into Bulgarian of classic political philosophy works by Francis Bacon, John Locke, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Hannah Arendt and others. Awarded the Bulgarian Union of Translators' prize for his translations of John Locke.