Rumen Georgiev Rashev (

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: Румен Георгиев Рашев; born 26 March 1955) is a Bulgarian politician of the

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who was the mayor of

Veliko Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

between 1999 and 2011. He worked as a doctor in ''Stefan Cherkezov'' hospital from 1981 to 1997. He is a member of the

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community.

Biography

Rumen Rashev is born 26 March 1955 in

. He graduated the Medical University in

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Political career

In the period from 1997 to 1998 he was the district governor of Lovech Province. At that time,

was still part of the Lovech region. On February 1, 1999,

became a province and Rashev became the governor of the new district.

Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo

In 1999, Rashev became the mayor of Veliko Tarnovo. In 2003 he won a second term, and in 2007 he has been re-elected mayor for the third time.

Litigation

In March 2012, the Veliko Tarnovo Court of Appeal sentenced him to three years in prison. In May 2012, the case was returned for reconsideration by the Supreme Court of Cassation, which sharply criticized the appellate court for politically motivated bias. In October 2013, the Plovdiv Court of Appeals again issued a conviction against Rashev, serving a suspended sentence of 2 years.

References

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