Nastimir Ananiev
Настимир Ананиев
Member of the Bulgarian National Assembly
In office
2021–present
Parliamentary groupPP–DB
In office
2014–2017
Parliamentary groupReformist Bloc
Personal details
Born (1975-07-17) 17 July 1975
Sofia
NationalityBulgarian
Political partyVolt Bulgaria (2018–present)
Bulgaria for Citizens Movement (2012–2018)
ResidenceSofia
Alma materGriffith College
American University in Bulgaria
Harvard Kennedy School
WebsiteOfficial website

Nastimir Ananiev (born 17 July 1975 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian politician (Volt). From 2014 to 2017 he represented the movement "Bulgaria of Citizens" in the Bulgarian National Assembly. In 2018, he founded Volt Bulgaria and stood for the party as a top candidate in the 2019 European elections. In 2021, he was elected to the National Assembly as his party's top candidate in the parliamentary elections in November 2021.

Biography

Nastimir Ananiev was born in Sofia in 1975.[1] Ananiev graduated from Griffith College in Ireland with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and from the American University in Bulgaria with a Master's degree in Business Administration. He is also a graduate of the Leadership, Organisation and Action programme at Harvard Kennedy School. From 1997 to 2008 he lived in Ireland and was 7 years Marketing Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the Griffith College Dublin.[2][3][4] In 2012, he was a founding member of the Bulgaria for Citizens Movement.[5] In 2014, he was elected as a member of the 43rd National Assembly as part of the Bulgaria of Citizens for Reformist Bloc movement, and served as chairman of the Transport, Information Technology and Communications Committee, among other positions. 2017, he left the Bulgaria of Citizens Movement and his position as deputy leader of the party due to the weak result of the 2017 parliamentary elections and the lack of personal responsibility of the leader Nayden Zelenogorski.[6]

In 2018, he joined the pan-European party Volt Europa and founded the Bulgarian chapter Volt Bulgaria, of which he subsequently became chairman.[2] He was Volt's top candidate in the 2019 European elections, as well as in the 3 parliamentary elections in 2021 (In April and July as part of the alliance Aufstehen! Mafia out! and in November as part of the coalition We Continue the Change). In November 2021, he was re-elected as MP for Volt on the We Continue Change list. He was re-elected for his third and fourth terms in the 2022 and 2023 parliamentary elections and has been the only Volt Bulgaria MP in parliament since the last election.[7]

Political positions

Ananiev campaigns against corruption and the misuse of EU funding programmes in Bulgaria.[3][8] He also considers old-age poverty and the poor health system in Bulgaria to be the country's biggest challenges. In 2019, Ananiev organised protests against the planned electoral reform, fearing that it would make it easier to rig elections. He is also campaigning for easier voting for Bulgarians living abroad.[2]

He supports the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria.[9]

References

  1. ↑ parliament.bg. "Members of parliament - Nastimir Ananiev". National Assembly Of The Republic Of Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  2. 1 2 3 "Настимир Ананиев: Европейска партия Волт е алтернатива на досегашния модел на управление | Грамофона - новини от Бургас, България и света" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  3. 1 2 Niklas (2020-10-01). "Bulgarien: Wieso sich Europa für die Proteste in Sofia interessieren sollte - Report vor Ort" (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  4. ↑ "Настимир Ананиев". Продължаваме Промяната (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  5. ↑ "За мен". Настимир Ананиев. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  6. ↑ "Настимир Ананиев напусна "Движение България на гражданите"" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  7. ↑ parliament.bg. "Parliament.bg" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  8. ↑ PodNL, Jouw vrienden at. "Podcast Luisteren (PodNL) - de Beste Nederlandstalige podcasts". podcastluisteren.nl. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  9. ↑ "Politicians underline Bulgaria's commitment to Europe at election talk in Sofia". The New Federalist. 2023-07-09. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
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