Svetoslav Emilov Vitkov ( bg, Светослав Емилов Витков ; born 26 January 1971) is a Bulgarian singer and politician, best known for his work with

Hipodil Hipodil ( bg, Хиподил ) was a Bulgarian rock band, founded in the late 1980s in Sofia by four classmates from the local Mathematics High School. Hipodil's popularity was based in large on their aggressive, sarcastic, sometimes vulgar a ...

. In 2013, he founded the political party People's Voice.

History

Svetoslav Emilov Vitkov was born on 26 January 1971 to Emil Vitkov and Nadezhda (''née'' Kukova). His family from his mother's side are Bulgarians from the region of Macedonia. Vitkov has one brother named Nikolay. He was first involved in karate in 1985, and has a black belt. He has taught karate since 1995. Vitkov is a graduate of the Sofia High School of Mathematics. In 1991, he joined the then-fledgling punk rock band

to replace its previous singer,

Miroslav Telalov Hipodil ( bg, Хиподил ) was a Bulgarian rock band, founded in the late 1980s in Sofia by four classmates from the local Mathematics High School. Hipodil's popularity was based in large on their aggressive, sarcastic, sometimes vulgar a ...

, who left the band to serve in the Bulgarian army. In 2011, he and fellow band member Ventsislav Mitsov ran for president and vice president of Bulgaria. He has written three books on his time with Hipodil and karate, among other things.

Bibliography

* ''Blagodarenie na...'' (2005) * ''Pogled po patya'' (2006) * ''Bulgarno, ili isteriata Hipodil'' (2007)

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