Velizar Enchev

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| name = Velizar Penkov Enchev

| image = File:Velizar Enchev (45NS).png

| country = {{BUL}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|01|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = Galabovo, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria

| party = {{bulleted list|Bulgarian Communist Party (before 1989) | Union of Democratic Forces (1990-1997) | Independent (1997-2005) | National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (2011-2014) | Patriotic Front (2014) | Attack (2005-2011) | Movement for Radical Change Bulgarian Spring (2015-present)}}

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| profession = Journalist, Politician

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| nationality = Bulgarian

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Velizar Penkov Enchev (Bulgarian: Велизар Пенков Енчев) (born 7 January 1953) is a Bulgarian politician and journalist, who is a former member of the NFSB.{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://results.cik.bg/ep2014/rezultati/|title=Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014|publisher=cik.bg |date=2014-05-25|accessdate=2014-10-31}} He has been a member of the National Parliament.{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://www.mediapool.bg/velizar-enchev-napuska-pf-i-stava-chetvartiyat-nezavisim-deputat-news227800.html|title=Велизар Енчев напуска ПФ и става четвъртият независим депутат, oбвинява Валери Симеонов, че държи подписани молби с оставките на народните представители от групата|publisher=mediapool.bg |date=2014-11-30 |accessdate=2014-11-30}} He has frequently appeared as a commentator on SKAT.

Biography

Born in Galabovo, but graduating from a high school in the capital of Bulgaria, Enchev studied journalism at Sofia University and worked as a correspondent for the Bulgarian National Television in Yugoslavia between 1987 and 1993.{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://pik.bg/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4-%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%B5-%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB-%D1%88%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD-news124275.html|title=Велизар Енчев сензационно пред "ПИК" и "Ретро": Плевнелиев е бил шпионин! Президентът е боравил със софтуера на съветското военно разузнаване, категоричен е журналистът|publisher=pik.bg |date=2013-12-04 |accessdate=2014-09-20}} He also holds a doctorate in international law and international relations.{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://www.skat.bg/preda.php?predID=4|title=Дискусионно студио" на Национална телевизия СКАТ |publisher=skat.bg |date= |accessdate=2014-11-01}}

Enchev formerly served as ambassador of Bulgaria to Croatia in the period from 1997 to 2002.{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://www.mediapool.bg/tv-vodeshti-ot-skat-i-voevodi-nachelo-na-listite-na-patriotichniya-front-news224101.html|title=ТВ водещи от "Скат" и "воеводи" начело на листите на Патриотичния фронт|publisher=mediapool.bg |date=2014-08-25 |accessdate=2014-11-01}} He has also taught university courses on Balkan issues at the South-West University.{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://www.vestnikataka.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=18041&format=print&edition_id=74|title=Велизар Енчев, политически коментатор: ОЛИГАРХИЯТА НИ СТРОИ ДИВАШКИ КАПИТАЛИЗЪМ. Ако Бойко Борисов отново абдикира, ще говорим за генерална измама|author=interview conducted by Kalina Vasileva|publisher=vestnikataka.com |date=2006 |accessdate=2015-03-05}}

References

Category:1953 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Stara Zagora Province

Category:Bulgarian journalists

Category:Bulgarian nationalists

Category:Bulgarian conservatives

Category:Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria)

Category:Candidates for President of Bulgaria