Mustafa Sali Karadayi (, ) is a Turkish Bulgarian politician who has been a Member of the

National Assembly of Bulgaria The National Assembly () is the Unicameralism, unicameral parliament and Legislature, legislative body of the Republic of Bulgaria. The first National Assembly was established in 1879 with the Tarnovo Constitution. During the People's Republic ...

since 2013. Throughout his tenure, he also served as the leader of his party, the

Movement for Rights and Freedoms The Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( ''Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi'', ДПС, DPS; , HÖH) is a political party in Bulgaria with a support base among ethnic minority communities. Until 2024 it was a member of the Liberal International and ...

(DPS), from 2016 to 2023.

Personal life

Mustafa Karadayi is married and has two children. He graduated from the

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Academic career

From 1996 to 2001 he was a professor of

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Political career

He is the founder of the Academic Society of MFR in

and a member of the MRF since May 1991. He founded the youth wing of MRF and chaired it from 1998 to 2003. From 2002 to 2010 he was deputy executive director of the Agency for Post-Privatization Control. Secretary of the Central Election Commission. Since 2010, Karadayi was the organizational secretary of the Central Operative Bureau (COB) MRF. Karadayi was elected to the

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. Since 24 December 2015 he was one of three co-chairs of the interim MRF to IX National Conference of the party after Lyutvi Mestan was expelled. Karadayi announced that he no longer wanted to be the chairman of the party and officially announced his resignation in 7 November 2023.

Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms

On 24 April 2016 he was unanimously elected chairman of the MRF by the IX National Conference of the party. Karadayi announced his resignation as the chairman on 7 November 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karadayi, Mustafa 1970 births Living people Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria) Bulgarian people of Turkish descent Movement for Rights and Freedoms politicians University of National and World Economy alumni People from Smolyan Province