Krasimir Karakachanov

Krasimir Karakachanov
Personal details
Born (1965-03-29) 29 March 1965
Ruse, Bulgaria
Nationality Bulgarian
Political party

United Patriots (2016-present)

Patriotic Front (2014-present)

IMRO (after 1991)
Profession Balkan Historian, Politician

Krasimir Donchev Karakachanov (Bulgarian: Красимир Дончев Каракачанов; born 29 March 1965) is a Bulgarian politician, PhD in International Law and International Relations and historian. He is currently the leader of the IMRO.[1]

Biography

Krasimir Karakachanov claims that he doesn't have any roots from the Macedonian region, but as a historian he became a specialist on the issue.[2] Karakachanov was a candidate in the 2016 and 2011 presidential election, winning 15% and 1% of all votes cast and placing 3th and 10th respectively.[3] Karakachanov took part in the 2014 European elections as part of a coalition bloc with the Bulgaria without Censorship political party.[4] In late July 2014, Karakachanov's IMRO left the coalition to form a Patriotic Front electoral alliance together with Valeri Simeonov's National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria.[5] Alongside Simeonov, he is the co-spokesman for the electoral bloc.

During the communist era (before 1989), Karakachanov, being a historian, was an informer of the Committee for State Security on Macedonian nationalism.[6][7]

Karakachanov stood as the candidate of the United Patriots coalition in the 2016 presidential election, with MP Yavor Notev of Attack as his vice presidential candidate.

References

  1. ↑ "Дедовите червенотиквеничета" (in Bulgarian). webcafe.bg. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  2. ↑ "Красимир Каракачанов, депутат, лидер на ВМРО: Кандидатурата на Беронов е с предизвестен крах".
  3. ↑ "Гласове за избиране на президент и вицепрезидент" (in Bulgarian). cik.bg. 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  4. ↑ "България без цензура", ВМРО и ЗНС вече официално са коалиция" (in Bulgarian). standartnews.com. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  5. ↑ "ВМРО реши да напусне Бареков заради съюз с НФСБ" (in Bulgarian). mediapool.bg. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  6. ↑ "The candidate of the ruling party, Rossen Plevneliev, running favourite in the presidential election in Bulgaria just one week before the vote". The European Elections Monitor. Fondation Robert Schuman. 17 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Four of Bulgaria's presidential candidates were communist-era State Security collaborators". The Sofia Echo. 27 September 2011.
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