Delyan Peevski
Delyan Slavchev Peevski (Bulgarian: Делян Славчев Пеевски [dɛˈʎan ˈpɛɛfski]) is a Bulgarian politician, oligarch, entrepreneur and former media mogul who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria since 2009. A member of the DPS party, he was elected for a short time in 2013 as the Director of the State Agency for National Security, which triggered long lasting national protests. Peevski was also unanimously elected in 2024 as the co-leader of the DPS party alongside Dzhevdet Chakarov.
Delyan Peevski | |
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Делян Пеевски | |
Peevski in 2021 | |
| Leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms | |
| Assumed office 24 February 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Karadayi |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | 1st MMC - Blagoevgrad |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 26 March 2021 | |
| Constituency | 13th MMC - Pazardzhik (2009-2014) 27th MMC - Zagora (2014-2017) 1st MMC - Blagoevgrad (2017-2021) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Delyan Slavchev Peevski 27 July 1980 Sofia, PR Bulgaria |
| Political party | DPS (since 2009) |
| Other political affiliations | NDSV (until 2009) |
| Domestic partner | Tsvetelina Yaneva |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | South-West University |
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In June 2021 the United States Department of the Treasury designated Peevski, the public official Ilko Zhelyazkov and the Bulgarian oligarch Vasil Bozhkov, along with 64 entities owned and controlled by Bozhkov and Peevski, for their roles in public corruption, pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Simultaneously, UK also sanctioned several high-profile Bulgarian figures, including Peevski, under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations from 2021.