Dimitar Kinov Stoyanov ( bg, Димитър Кинов Стоянов) (born 17 May 1983 in

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) is a

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n and EU

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. While still a student of Law at

Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...

, Dimitar Stoyanov joined the Attack party headed by

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. Stoyanov was elected in 2005 as the youngest member of the

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on the list of the Ataka coalition with several minor

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parties. In August 2005 Stoyanov became an Observer to the

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(EP), and, in January 2007, a temporary Member of the EP from the Ataka quota. Stoyanov was elected a member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria in the May 2007 Bulgarian election and re-elected in the June 2009 election. He was a member of the

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(ITS) political group until the group ceased to exist on November 14, 2007. He is a former non-attached MEP. ITS MEP

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criticized Stoyanov over comments he made saying he opposed the "Jewish establishment". Stoyanov raised controversy in the European Parliament when he attacked Roma activist

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MEP with an e-mail to his colleagues, claiming that "In my country there are tens of thousands of Gypsy girls who are much more beautiful than this honourable one... You can even buy yourself a loving wife aged 12 or 13 ... The best of them are very expensive - up to €5,000 each. Wow!"

References

External links

Dimitar Stoyanov's presentation in the EP website

Ataka's website
Living people 1983 births Attack (political party) MEPs Bulgarian nationalists MEPs for Bulgaria 2007 MEPs for Bulgaria 2007–2009 MEPs for Bulgaria 2009–2014 Independent politicians in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-MEP-stub