Union Of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)
The Union of Democratic Forces ( bg, Съюз на демократичните сили, translit=Sayuz na demokratichnite sili, СДС / SDS) is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. The Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name. The SDS is a member of the European People's Party (EPP). In the 1990s the party had the largest membership in the country, with one million members, but has since splintered into a number of small parties totaling no more than 40,000 members. The SDS proper had 12,000 members in 2016. History Dissident groups formed under the faltering regime of Todor Zhivkov in the late 1980s were the basis for the Union. Once Zhivkov fell, a loose political confederation was envisioned where constituent groups could continue to work for their own cause, while the coordinating council would include three members from each organization. The Lo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rumen Hristov (politician)
Rumen Dimitrov Hristov ( bg, Румен Димитров Христов; born 27 December 1955) is a Bulgarian politician from the Union of Democratic Forces. Early life He graduated from "Agricultural Economics," then defended his doctoral dissertation. Career Later, he was a professor at Southwestern University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. He teaches the basics of marketing and agromarketing. In the period 1991–1994, he was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. He was an adviser to President Zhelyu Zhelev on agrarian issues. Twice minister of agriculture - in the caretaker government of Reneta Indzhova (1994–1995) and Stefan Sofiyanski (1997). From 1997 to 2002 was chief administrative secretary in the administration of the President of Bulgaria Petar Stoyanov. The 2011 Bulgarian presidential election was a candidate for president of the Blue Coalition. In December 2016, the Reformist bloc The Reformist Bloc ( bg, Реформаторски блок, Reformatorsk ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Political Parties In Bulgaria
This article lists political parties in Bulgaria. Bulgaria has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no single party usually manages to gain power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. As of 2022 October 19. Parliamentary parties Parties/coalitions outside the parliament but participating in the election *Attack (''Ataka'') *A Fair Bulgaria (''Spravedliva Bŭlgariya'') ** Political Movement "Social Democrats" (''Politichesko dvizhenie „Sotsialdemokrati“'') **United Social Democracy (''Obedinena sotsialdemokratsiya'') ** Who (''Koĭ'') *Bulgaria of Labour and Reason (''Bulgaria na truda i razuma'') *Bulgarian Euro-Left (''Bulgarska Evrolevitsa'') *Bulgarian National Unification (''Bŭlgarsko natsionalno obedinenie'') *Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy (''Bulgarski nastionalen sǎyuz - Nova demokratsiya'') *Bulgarian Social Democratic Party (''Balgarska Sotsialdemokraticheska Partiya'') *Bulgarian Union for Direc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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United Democratic Centre (Bulgaria)
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New Social Democratic Party (Bulgaria)
The New Social Democratic Party ( mk, Нова социјалдемократска Партија, ''Nova socijaldemokratska partija'', NSDP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in North Macedonia. Its leader is Tito Petkovski, who parted with the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia in November 2005. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, it received 6% of the vote. In the 2016 parliamentary elections, it participated in an electoral coalition An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. E ... with SDSM and 15 other parties. The coalition won 436,981 votes and 49/120 MPs in Macedonian assembly. References External linksOfficial website (in Macedonian) [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Democratic Party (Bulgaria)
The Democratic Party ( bg, Демократическа партия, ''Demokraticheska partia'', DP) is a centre-right political party in Bulgaria led by Alexander Pramatarski. The party was a member of the European People's Party (EPP). History The Democratic Party was formed by a breakaway from the Liberal Party led by Petko Karavelov in 1896. In the 1899 elections the party won 10 seats. It went on to win 27 in 1901, with Karavelov briefly serving as Prime Minister after the elections in a coalition government with the People's Liberal Party (PLP). Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p391 However, the DP was reduced to seven seats in the 1902 elections. After remaining at seven seats following the 1903 elections and despite suffering a split in 1905 when the Young Democrats broke away to form the Radical Democratic Party, the party achieved a landslide in the 1908 elections, winning 166 of the 203 seats. Aleksandar Malinov became t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Green Party Of Bulgaria
The Green Party of Bulgaria ( bg, Зелена партия, Zelena partiya) is an environmentalist political party in Bulgaria. It was founded in Sofia in 1989 by Aleksandar Karakachanov, who later went on to become the chairperson of the party. History The Green Party was established on December 28, 1989 by Alexander Karakachanov. It consisted of activists from the "Ecoglastnost" movement. Right after its formation, the party joined the Union of the Democratic Forces in Bulgaria (UDF), which was then a broad coalition of anti-totalitarian political parties and organizations. The party had 17 representatives in the 7th Grand National Assembly, where it was the initiator and submitter of the proposal for the Bulgaria's accession to the European Union. It was most recently represented by two MPs in the 38th National Assembly. Merging A small party called Green Bulgaria merged with the Green Party in 2008 to form The Green Party – Bulgarian Greens. The new party was chaire ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Radical Democratic Party (Bulgaria)
The Radical Democratic Party ( bg, Радикалдемократическа партия) is a liberal party in Bulgaria. The party was founded in 1902 (other sources: 1905) by Naičo Canov and other dissidents from the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo .... It was banned in 1934, revived in 1944 and again banned in 1949. In 1989 the party was re-established. It elected as its leader Elka Konstantinova. She was succeeded in 1994 by Aleksander Jordanov, and the party became an affiliated member of the Union of Democratic Forces. In 1995 the party split, with one faction remaining inside the Union of Democratic Forces, and another faction becoming an independent party. Though the party still exists, it lacks its former influence. External linksRadi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov"
The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Britannica also translated to English as Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union ( bg, Български земеделски народен съюз, ''Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz''; BZNS) is a devoted to representing the causes of the n ry. It was an agra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Party Of Bulgarian Social Democrats
The Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats ( bg, партия Български социалдемократи, ''Partiya Balgarski Sotsialdemokrati'', PBSD) is a social-democratic political party in Bulgaria. It is a member of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists. History The party was launched on 26 November 1989 under the name Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (United). It sees itself as the historical successor to the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party of 1894. In January 1990 it adopted the name Bulgarian Social Democratic Party and in February Petar Dertliev was elected chairman. Subsequently, the party joined the Union of Democratic Forces. After a rift in the relations the BSDP left the Union and founded the "SDS-Centre" along with the movement Ekoglasnost. The coalition received 3.2% of the vote in the legislative elections in 1991 and failed to enter the National Assembly. Until 1994 BSDP participated in the coalition "Democ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ekoglasnost
Ecoglasnost ( bg, Екогласност), also known as ''Independent Society of Ecoglasnost'' ( bg, Независимо сдружение Екогласност), is an independent Bulgarian environmental organization, established on 11 April 1989 and formally registered on 11 December 1989. Ecoglasnost became a founding member of the umbrella opposition movement Union of Democratic Forces on 7 December 1989, and gave rise to the Green Party of Bulgaria on 28 December 1989, the Political Club of Ecoglasnost in March 1990, and the National Movement of Ecoglasnost on 15 June 1991.Lilyana Aleksandrieva and Aleksandar Karakachanov''Independent Society Ecoglasnost, 1989''. Sofia: Ciela Soft and Publishing Plc., 2009. 250 pp. (in Bulgarian) Focusing its activities on several major environmental, human rights and political issues, the organization rapidly gained public support to become the leading opposition to the Communist Party: In particular, Ecoglasnost organized pub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Environmental Science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geography, and atmospheric science) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment. Today it provides an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental systems. Environmental studies incorporates more of the social sciences for understanding human relationships, perceptions and policies towards the environment. Environmental engineering focuses on design and technology for improving environmental quality in every aspect. Environmental scientists seek to understand the earth’s physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes, and to use that knowledge t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Petar Beron (politician)
Petar Beron ( Bulgarian: Петър Берон), born 14 March 1940 in Sofia, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian academic and politician. He was leader of the United Democratic Forces (SDS) in from August 1990 to 4 December 1990 (heading the second-largest political party at the time). He was a vice-presidential candidate in 1992 and a presidential candidate in 2001 and 2006. Biography Petar Beron was born in Sofia on 14 March 1940. He graduated from the Biology-Geology-Geography Department of the Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia. Beron is fluent in Bulgarian, Russian, English and French. Academic career From 1963 up to 1969 he worked as a biologist at the Institute of Zoology with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, becoming a research fellow between 1969 and 1978. He was then promoted to Senior Research Fellow. Political career Union of Democratic Forces Beron was a founding member and secretary of the SDS (a coalition of multiple opposition groups) when it was formed on 7 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |