Lyuben Lyubenov Dilov Jr. (

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: Любен Любенов Дилов-син) (born 19 November 1964), also known as Luben Dilov Jr. and Ljuben Dilov Jr., is a

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n writer, journalist, film director and politician.

Biography

He studied journalism 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 ...

and subsequently worked as an editor of a number of publications. In the 1990s, Dilov Jr. was the ideological force behind some famous talk shows such as

Slavi's Show ''Slavi's Show'' ( bg, Шоуто на Слави) was a long-running Bulgarian evening talk show aired every workday on bTV from 22:30 to 23:30 EET and hosted by Slavi Trifonov. Occasionally, the show also aired live at 20:00 EET. The program b ...

, "Canaletto", "Hashove" and "КU-KU". He has also been active in politics, being the founder of the

George's Day Movement The George's Day Movement () is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. The party was founded in December 1996 by members of the political satire television programme ''Canaletto''. Members of the show, which succeeded ''Ku-Ku'' in the mid ...

(Bulgarian: Движение Гергьовден, Dvizhenie Gergyovden), which was for a long time aligned with the

IMRO The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр� ...

. Dilov's "Gergyovden" participated in the 2014 Bulgarian elections in a coalition with the

Bulgaria Without Censorship Reload Bulgaria ( bg, Презареди България, Prezaredi Balgariya; formerly Bulgaria Uncensored, bg, България без цензура) is a populist political party in Bulgaria. History The party was created by former TV host ...

(Bulgarian: България без цензура) political party. His father,

Lyuben Dilov Lyuben Dilov Ivanov (Любен Дилов Иванов, 25 December 1927- 10 June 2008), occasionally spelled Luben Dilov, Ljuben Dilov or Liuben Dilov was a Bulgarian science fiction writer of the Communist era and the author of acclaimed chi ...

, was a famous Bulgarian writer. Dilov Jr. has three children with his wife Elina, from whom he has separated.

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