Volen siderov biography for kids
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Bulgaria’s Ataka Party: An Unimaginable Blend innumerable Left streak Right
Volen Siderov, leader draw round Ataka. Exposure by Privy Feffer.
Cross-posted from JohnFeffer.com. John appreciation currently motion in Easterly Europe and observing its transformations since 1989.
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Date of birth : 19/04/1956 Yambol, Bulgaria
Profession: Journalist;
Political force: PP “Ataka” 7.30%;
Constituency: 25-SOFIA 3;
E-mail: volen.siderov@parliament.bg
Parliamentary activity
42nd National Assembly
Member 21/05/2013 – present
Parliamentary Group of Ataka Party
Chairperson of Parliamentary Group 21/05/2013 – present
Anti-Corruption and Conflict of Interests Committee
Chairperson 19/06/2013 – present
Delegation to the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy
Head of the delegation 03/10/2013 – present
Friendship group Bulgaria – Brazil
Member 17/10/2013 – present
Friendship group Bulgaria – India
Deputy Chairperson 17/10/2013 – present
Friendship group Bulgaria – China
Deputy Chairperson 17/10/2013 – present
Friendship group Bulgaria – Russia
Member 17/10/2013 – present
Friendship group Bulgaria – Hungary
Chairperson 17/10/2013 – present
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Bulgaria election: Resisting the radicals
It is a point I make to Mr Borisov who, having resigned during mass protests in February, is now seeking a second term.
He simply shrugs off the competition from Ataka.
"That's democracy," he says.
"Everywhere I go in this election the squares are filled with crowds of people who love me. They know that in three-and-a-half years we couldn't solve all the problems in the country. And, yes there were some mistakes."
Yet Mr Borisov's popularity has been dealt a severe blow by a string of corruption allegations.
Since my interview with him, prosecutors have accused his former Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, of allowing employees in his ministry to commit crimes, including wiretapping against political opponents.
The scandal has been dubbed Bulgaria's Watergate and has severely damaged the chances of Mr Borisov's centre-right party, Gerb.
Mr Tsvetanov has denied ordering any surveillance. He blames the Socialist opposition for stirring up the scandal.
For its part, the Socialist Party (BSP) points the blame at a culture of personality politics that has taken hold in Bulgaria.
"In recent years politics has become somewhat focused on personalities, not on policies nor on ideas