Dzhevdet Chakarov

Dzhevdet Chakarov
Dzhevdet Chakarov
Джевдет Чакъров
	Official portrait, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 February 2024 Serving with Delyan Peevski
Preceded by	Mustafa Karadayi
Minister of Environment and Waters
	In office; 17 August 2005 – 27 July 2009
Prime Minister	Sergey Stanishev
Preceded by	Dolores Arsenova
Succeeded by	Nona Karadzhova
Member of the National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 July 2009
Constituency	2nd MMC - Burgas; (2009-2013); 17th MMC - Plovdiv; (2013-2021); 20th MMC - Silistra; (2021-present)
	In office; 5 July 2001 – 17 August 2005
Constituency	8th MMC - Dobrich
Personal details
Born	Dzhevdet Ibryam Chakarov; 8 August 1960; Asenovgrad, PR Bulgaria
Political party	DPS
Children	2
Alma mater	Plovdiv Medical University
Occupation	Politician; surgeon; author;

Dzhevdet Ibryam Chakarov is a Turkish Bulgarian politician who is a long term and current Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria. A member of the DPS party, he also served as the Minister of Environment and Waters from 2005 to 2009. Since 2024, Chakarov has been the co-leader of the DPS party alongside Delyan Peevski.

Prior to becoming politically active, Chakarov worked as a surgeon. He has said, “My calling is to be a doctor, I'm used to people seeking me out. I find the similarity in politics and medicine - you have to listen, to respond to the pain of the other.”

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