Veselin Metodiev Petrov () (born 3 November 1957, in

Silistra Silistra ( ; ; or ) is a town in Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern bank of the lower Danube river, and is also the part of the Romanian border where it stops following the Danube. Silistra is the administrative center of the ...

) is a

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, member of Parliament & deputy chairman of

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. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education from 1997 until 1999 under Prime Minister

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. Veselin Metodiev graduated in history from

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in 1979 and after graduation worked in the Bulgarian General department of archives until 1993, in which he rose to head in 1992. He taught history in New Bulgarian University, of which he was also vice-rector in 1994. He was vice-chairman of the

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from 1995 till 2001 and Member of Parliament in the 37th and 38th National Assemblies. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education from May 21, 1997, until December 21, 1999, in

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of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF). In 2004, he was part of a group of parliament members led by

, to leave the UDF and establish a new political force,

(DSB), of which Veselin Metodiev was elected Vice Chairman. He is a Member of Parliament in the 40th National Assembly since 2005, and as such also a chairman of the parliamentary State Administration Affairs Committee and member of the Budget and Finance Committee. In 2006, he was proposed by DSB as a joined right-wing presidential candidate for the 2006 presidential elections, but lost to Nedelcho Beronov due to lack of support of the remaining right-wing political parties. In the

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, Veselin Metodiev was elected for Member of the 41st National Assembly from the 24-SOFIA 2 constituency, as a candidate of the

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. In the National Assembly he is a member of the Legal Affairs Committee and the Education, Science, Children, Youths and Sports Committee.

Sources

* https://web.archive.org/web/20061211112121/http://dsb.bg/display.php?page=19 (Dead Link) * http://old.omda.bg/bulg/news/personal/metodiev.htm * http://www.parliament.bg/?page=ns&lng=en&nsid=3&action=show&did=1011 1957 births Living people People from Silistra Democratic Party (Bulgaria) politicians Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria politicians Deputy prime ministers of Bulgaria Government ministers of Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-bio-stub