Dzhevdet Chakarov

{{Short description|Bulgarian politician (born 1960)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dzhevdet Chakarov

| image = Djevdet Chakarov (46NS).png

| caption = Official portrait, 2021

| native_name = {{Nobold|Джевдет Чакъров}}

| native_name_lang = bg

| office1 = Leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms

| term_start1 = 24 February 2024

| term_end1 =

| alongside1 = Delyan Peevski

| predecessor1 = Mustafa Karadayi

| successor1 =

| office2 = Minister of Environment and Waters

| primeminister2 = Sergey Stanishev

| term_start2 = 17 August 2005

| term_end2 = 27 July 2009

| predecessor2 = Dolores Arsenova

| successor2 = Nona Karadzhova

| office3 = Member of the National Assembly

| term_start3 = 14 July 2009

| term_end3 =

| constituency3 = 2nd MMC - Burgas
(2009-2013)
17th MMC - Plovdiv
(2013-2021)
20th MMC - Silistra
(2021-present)

| term_start4 = 5 July 2001

| term_end4 = 17 August 2005

| constituency4 = 8th MMC - Dobrich

| birth_name = Dzhevdet Ibryam Chakarov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|08|08|df=y}}

| birth_place = Asenovgrad, PR Bulgaria

| education =

| alma_mater = Plovdiv Medical University

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|surgeon|author}}

| party = DPS

| otherparty = Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (since 2024)

| children = 2

}}

Dzhevdet Ibryam Chakarov is a Turkish Bulgarian politician who is a long term and current Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria. A member of the DPS party, he also served as the Minister of Environment and Waters from 2005 to 2009. {{Cite web |title=Bulgaria seeks to change EU stance over CO2 cap |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL14221424/ |access-date=2024-04-05}} Since 2024, Chakarov has been the co-leader of the DPS party alongside Delyan Peevski. {{Cite web |title=Movement for Rights and Freedoms elects its new chairman |url=https://bnr.bg/en/post/101953571/movement-for-rights-and-freedoms-elects-its-new-chairman |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=bnr.bg |language=en}} After the party split in two in July 2024, Chakarov became leader of the faction which later entered the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms coalition.

Prior to becoming politically active, Chakarov worked as a surgeon. {{Cite web |last=Кехайов |first=Денислав |date=2015-09-03 |title=д-р Джевдет Ибрям Чакъров |url=https://mu-plovdiv.bg/d-r_dzhevdet_ibryam_chaka/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Медицински университет - гр. Пловдив |language=bg-BG}}