Plamen Panayotov
Personal details
Born
Kamen Panayotov

(1958-01-20) 20 January 1958
Sliven, Bulgaria
ProfessionPolitician, Academic

Plamen Aleksandrov Panayotov (Bulgarian: Пламен Александров Панайотов; born 20 January 1958) is a Bulgarian politician and academic who served as deputy Prime Minister in charge of European integration in the Sakskoburggotski cabinet between 2003 and 2005.[1]

Life

Born in Sliven, Panayotov graduated from the juridical faculty of Sofia University in 1983 with a degree in legal studies. He subsequently earned a doctorate and became a professor of criminal law in 2012.[2]

In 2001, Panayotov was elected to the National Parliament and was chosen as the chairman of the parliamentary group of the NDSV, a position that he held until he assumed a government position on 17 July 2003.[3] Panayotov left NDSV in 2007 and entered the ranks of Bulgarian New Democracy (Bulgarian: Българска нова демокрация).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Проф. д-р Пламен Александров Панайотов" (in Bulgarian). Sofia University official website. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Профил на Пламен Панайотов в "personi" (in Bulgarian). personi.dir.bg. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Профил на Пламен Панайотов в "omda" (in Bulgarian). omda.bg. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Пламен Панайотов: това е първият вот, който е гласуван единодушно от всички български граждани" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). bnd.bg (interview conducted by Nikolay Barekov on BTV). 11 April 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2015.


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