Radan Kanev
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Personal details | |
Born |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 30 September 1975
Nationality | Bulgarian |
Political party | DSB |
Children | 1 |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Radan Milenov Kanev (Bulgarian: Радан Миленов Кънев) (born 30 September 1975) is a Bulgarian politician, who is one of the leading members of the Reformist Bloc.[1]
Biography
Kanev was born in Sofia, but his family's roots are from Varna.[2] He graduated from the French language high school in the capital, subsequently completing his legal studies at Sofia University.[3]
In the 1990s, Kanev was chairman of the youth organization of the Bulgarian Red Cross.[2] Kanev is known as a prominent political blogger and his active involvement in politics began in 2004.[2]
He joined DSB in 2007 and became the party's leader on 23 June 2013. Kanev has been labeled as Ivan Kostov's successor.[4] After DSB could not make the 4% bar for entry into Parliament during the 2017 elections, Kanev resigned as a leader of the party.[5]
Kanev built a reputation as a strong critic of Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. He has underlined that in Bulgaria there are major problems with the justice system and the respect for private property.[6] He blames the issues on the Borisov-Peevski model of governance, which has "dominated Bulgarian politics in the past ten years."[6]
Personal life
References
- ↑ "Регистрирани листи в РИК Варна" (in Bulgarian). omda.bg. 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Радан Кънев: битката за законност в България ще е дълга и трудна" (in Bulgarian). dsbvarna.com. 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- 1 2 "ДСБ кандидатите в София" (in Bulgarian). mydsb.wordpress.com. September 10, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Кой е Радан Кънев, наследникът на Костов" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg (blogosfera). May 22, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Радан Кънев подаде оставка като лидер на "Нова република" и ДСБ" (in Bulgarian). capital.bg. March 27, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- 1 2 "Радан Кънев: Борисов живее в розови облаци, спря да бъде човек от народа" (in Bulgarian). offnews.bg. November 2, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.