Daniel Dimitrov Panov ( Bulgarian: Даниел Димитров Панов; born 4 October 1967) is a Bulgarian politician of

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who has been 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 ...

since 2011.

Biography

Panov was born on October 4, 1967 in

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. He graduated in Public Administration at the

Veliko Tarnovo University The St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo ( Bulgarian ''Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“'') is a Bulgarian university based in Veliko Tarnovo. History ...

and mechanical engineering Vasil Levski National Military University. He was part of the

Bulgarian Army The Bulgarian Land Forces ( bg, Сухопътни войски на България, Sukhopŭtni voĭski na Bŭlgariya, lit=Ground Forces of Bulgaria) are the ground warfare branch of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. The Land Forces were establish ...

, as an assistant commander and platoon commander (1989 - 1999), company commander (1996 - 1999), commandant (1999 - 2002). Since 2002 he has been a manager of Tsarevgrad Tarnov EOOD. In 2009, he received the award of the State Tourism Agency for contribution in promoting cultural tourism. Next year, he received a personal award from the Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism for the management of Samovodska Charshiya Architectural and Ethnographic Complex, and the same year, he became the recipient of the Tourism Manager Award by the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism for the Sound and Light Audio-Visual Spectacle. Currently Panov and his family live in

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. Panov's grandfather used to be the mayor of the village.

Military ranks

* 1989-1999, Assistant Commander and Platoon Commander * 1996-1999, Company Commander * 1999-2002, Commandant

Political career

On 23 October 2011, as member of the political party

, he was elected mayor of

. Panov received 51.81% of the vote in the elections. He was also elected in 2015. In 2019, Panov received 60,55% and won over the

Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party ( bg, Българска социалистическа партия, translit=Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya, BSP), also known as The Centenarian ( bg, Столетницата, links=no, translit=Stoletnitsat ...

nominee

Vesela Lecheva Vessela Letcheva (born 20 May 1964) was born in Veliko Tarnovo and lives in Sofia. She is a shooting sport athlete, president of the Bulgarian Shooting Union, member of the IOC, commission member of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), former ...

who received 22,22%. In 2016 he was elected chairperson of the Management Board of the National Association of Bulgarian Municipalities (NABM).

References

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