Aleksandar_Tomov_(politician)

Aleksandar Tomov (politician)

Aleksandar Tomov (politician)

Bulgarian politician, economist, and academic

Aleksandar Trifonov Tomov (Bulgarian: Александър Трифонов Томов) (born 27 April 1954) is a Bulgarian politician, economist, and academic.

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Biography

Education

In the 1970s, Tomov was a student at the UNWE and Leningrad University.[1] He completed his primary, secondary and university education with excellent marks.[2] In 1984, Tomov earned a doctoral degree in the field of economics.[3] Tomov has made specializations in political science and macroeconomics in Sofia and London.[2]

Academic career

In addition to his political career, Tomov has also worked as a professor[4] and lecturer in the political science department (of which he is one of the founders in 1985) at Sofia University.[5] He has further taught courses at the Karl Marx Institute of Economics in Sofia. Tomov has authored six books.[6] In 1995, Tomov was appointed as the director of the EastWest Institute in New York City for a period of three years.[6]

Politics

In 1990, Tomov was elected to the 7th Grand National Assembly of Bulgaria as a member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[7] He was also a member of the 36th and 38th National Parliaments.[8] Tomov served as Deputy-Prime Minister in the Dimitar Popov government, the first one since the collapse of the communist system in 1989.[9]

In 1993, he established the Citizens' Union for the Republic (Bulgarian: Гражданско обединение за републиката), which was initially not envisioned as a political party.[2] However, it evolved into the Bulgarian Euro-Left in 1997.[6]

Tomov was formerly vice-chairman of the supreme council (Bulgarian: Висш съвет) of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and was among the founders of the Bulgarian Euro-Left in 1997,[10] eventually being elected (and reelected in 2000) as its leader after receiving more votes than his main opponent Elena Poptodorova.[11] The Euro-Left officially became a political party in 1998.[12] He has been critical of the delayed social democratization of the BSP party in the 1990s.[13]

In 1996, Tomov was a candidate to become President of Bulgaria (with Lyudmil Marinchevski as his running mate) and finished in fourth place, earning 3.16% of the votes cast.[14]

Since 2003, Tomov has been the leader of the Bulgarian Social Democracy party.[15] In 2013, his party expressed support for the "Bulgarian Spring" (Bulgarian: Българска пролет) protest movement.[16]

Kremikovtzi AD

In 2009, Tomov came under legal scrutiny due to allegedly abusing his position during his time as chairman of the managerial board of Kremikovtzi.[17] In early 2011, the Sofia City Court found Tomov guilty of siphoning off money (15 million leva) from Kremikovtzi, imposing a prison sentence. In 2013, the Appellate Court decided that the case needs a review and returned it to the court of first instance, with the trial recommencing in April 2014. In February 2015, the Sofia City Court declared Tomov not culpable.[18]

Sport

Tomov is also well known for his involvement in various capacities with the CSKA Sofia football club.[17][19] He was instrumental in bringing Indian businessman Pramod Mittal to Bulgaria in relation to a number of Kremikovtzi deals.[6][20] Mittal eventually became the owner of the "armymen"[21] in December 2006 before selling the club to Titan Sport EAD in early 2009. Tomov served as the president of CSKA Sofia between 5 December 2006 and 5 June 2008 as well as from July 2008 to 9 April 2009.[22]

In the summer of 2008, Tomov was blamed by some sections of the reds' supporters due to the team not receiving a license for European club competitions.[23] In the summer of 2013, he was credited with playing a vital role in preventing the team's likely bankruptcy.[24] Tomov was the main CSKA Sofia shareholder and de facto owner (with Lira Investment providing the main part of the financing) of the club between the second half of 2013 and April 2015.[25][26] He has been against the idea of a deliberate declaration of insolvency and the creation of a new unofficial successor company as a solution to the debts accumulated by the club.[27]

Personal life

Tomov has three children named Rada, Lidia and Alexander.[6] His wife Kalina is an expert on psychology.[28] Tomov's sister, Tatyana, is an academic at Sofia University whose area of expertise covers the social policies of European countries.[6] One of Tomov's great-grandfathers perished in the April Uprising.[2]

In addition to his native Bulgarian, he is also conversant in English and Russian.[17] In an interview with the press, Tomov identified drawing as one of his hobbies.[17] Since February 2015, Tomov has a profile on Facebook.[29]

Honours

Churchill award (1999) - for his contribution to the development of Bulgaria - United Kingdom relations.[30]

References

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    Prodanov et al. 2009, p. 498.
  2. [2]
    "Томов - политикът между два бряга" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 1996-09-01. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  3. [3]
    "Р Е Ц Е Н З И Я ОТНОСНО: КОНКУРСА ЗА ПРОФЕСОР ПО ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИ НАУКИ (ПОЛИТОЛОГИЯ – ПОЛИТИКОНОМИЯ) В СОФИЙСКИЯ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ "СВ. КЛИМЕНТ ОХРИДСКИ" ОТ: ПРОФЕСОР ДФН ПЕТЪР-ЕМИЛ МИТЕВ" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). uni-sofia.bg. February 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-24.[permanent dead link]
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    "Международни отношения и проблеми на сигурността – специалисти – редовно – в. 2012" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). uni-sofia.bg. 2012. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
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    "Катедра Политология в Софийски Университет "Св. Климент Охридски" (in Bulgarian). Sofia University official website. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
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    "Автор - Александър Трифонов Томов" (in Bulgarian). helikon.bg. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
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    Prodanov et al. 2009, pp. 498–499.
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    "Рожденици: Александър Томов - икономист" (in Bulgarian). events.bg. Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
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    "Профил на Александър Томов" (in Bulgarian). personi.dir.bg. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
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    "Българска Евролевица /БЕЛ/" (in Bulgarian). omda.bg. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
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    Prodanov et al. 2009, p. 499.
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    "Евролевицата танцува само един мандат" (in Bulgarian). politika.bg. 2010-11-19. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
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    Parvanov, Kalin (2003). "Александър Томов: в политиката издържат само маратонците" (in Bulgarian). temanews.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
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    "История на президентските избори, фактите и поуките от гласуването за държавен глава" (in Bulgarian). monitor.bg. 2011-10-07. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
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    "Президентът поздрави Александър Томов, избран за председател на партия "Българска социалдемокрация"" (in Bulgarian). mediapool.bg. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
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    "И Александър Томов изплува с партия на протеста" (in Bulgarian). offnews.bg. 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  17. [17]
    "Профил на Александър Трифонов Томов в "omda" (in Bulgarian). omda.bg. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  18. [18]
    "Съдът оправда Томов" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
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    "Мораес: браво на Томов, браво на Стойчо! Бразилецът ласкае Младенов и отбора" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
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    "Александър Томов: от днес започва нова ера" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  21. [21]
    Prodanov et al. 2009, pp. 499–500.
  22. [22]
    ""Титан" по стъпките на Павлов, Божков и Митал" (in Bulgarian). webcafe.bg. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
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    Georgiev, Stoyan (29 August 2008). "Александър Томов ще говори един път месечно, отдава се на работа. Клубът е финансовото стабилен и няма основания за притеснения поне до края на сезона, твърди шефа на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
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    Angelov, Dimitar (27 August 2013). "Очакваме до две седмици повече яснота за ЦСКА, сериозно съм притеснен за бъдещето на клуба, но ръководството има подкрепата ни" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
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    "Александър Томов: със Стойчо щяхме да станем шампиони. Когато основният конкурент те хвали, значи нещо не е съвсем наред" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
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    "Александър Томов обяви, че напуска ръководството на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
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    "Александър Томов: решение за фалит на ЦСКА ще е вредно" (in Bulgarian). chronicle.bg. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
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    "Александър ТОМОВ, кандидат-президент от ГОР: опасност от хиперинфлация ни грози, ако доларът мине 230 лв" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 1 August 1996. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
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    "Томов се хвали: за два дни събрах хиляда последователи и приятели" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
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Books
Prodanov, Vasil; Todorov, Antoniy; Avramov, Yosif; Ivanova, Vanya (2009). Българският парламент и преходът (1st ed.). Sofia: Ciela. ISBN 978-954-28-0352-2.
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