Kostadin Kostadinov (politician)

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Kostadin Kostadinov
Костадин Костадинов
Костадин Костадинов снимка.jpg
Chairman of Revival
Assumed office
2 August 2014
Personal details
Born (1979-04-01) 1 April 1979 (age 42)
Varna, Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian
Political partyRevival
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Author, Historian, Doctor of Ethnography

Kostadin Todorov Kostadinov (Bulgarian: Костадин Тодоров Костадинов) is a Bulgarian politician, lawyer, historian and doctor of ethnography. He is the chairman of the nationalist party "Vazrazhdane" (Bulgarian: Възраждане).

Biography[]

Throughout the years Kostadin has been actively engaged with the historical Bulgarian communities in Moldova, Ukraine, Greece, Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania and others, and is the author of several books and documentaries about them.

He completed his master's degree in Balkan studies in 2002 and his master's in Law in 2011 in the Veliko Tarnovo University. In 2017 Kostadin completed his PhD on Ethnography and Folklore in the Ethnographic Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. In 2004 he filmed a documentary on the Bulgarians in Albania, and in 2005 published the film 'We are one nation' – directed to the Macedonian Bulgarians in Aegean Macedonia. He is also the author of the film 'Forgotten Land', devoted to the Bulgarians in North Dobrudja, filmed in 2009.

In 2016, disappointed by what he perceived as falsifications and forgeries of Bulgarian history in contemporary Bulgarian textbooks – he wrote a 'History Textbook' (Bulgarian: Учебник по Родинознание) aimed at children from grades 1st through 4th. The book becomes the most read e-book on the Bulgarian internet after being downloaded more than 500,000 times only from his personal blog.[citation needed]

In 2017, he released his next book, 'Guide to the ancient Bulgarian lands' in which over 100 revered places of Bulgarian history are named and detailed.[1]

Political career[]

IMRO-BNM (Bulgarian: ВМРО-БНД)[]

In 1997 Kostadin became a member of IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (Bulgarian: ВМРО-БНД) and its coordinator for Northeast Bulgaria (2002–2009).[2] He was regional coordinator of VMRO-BNM in the provinces of Varna, Shumen and Dobrich from 2002 till 2009 and from 2007 through 2012 he was a member of the National Executive Committee of IMRO-BNM. In 2013 he left the party because of the re-election of its leader – Krasimir Karakachanov, and in the same year ran as a member of the also nationalistic NFSB party.[3]

Vazrazhdane(Bulgarian: Възраждане)[]

In June 2014, driven by the idea that Bulgaria is in need of national reform and revival, a constituent assembly was held in the city of Pliska which created the party ""Vazrazhdane" (Revival)". The initiators chose the symbolic date of the Ilinden Uprising.[4][5]

On 3 November 2019, Kostadin and "Revival" went on a run-off vote for the mayor position in Varna (the 3rd largest city in Bulgaria) and accumulated 14.3% in the first round of voting and 35.99% in the runoffs.[6]

On a national scale after the 2019 elections, "Revival" established:

• 1 regional mayor in Topolovgrad, Haskovo province – Bozhidar Bozhinov • 6 mayors of villages – Angel Nikov (Dabelt), Nadka Dincheva (Hljabovo), Magdalena Ganeva (Ezerovo), Ginko Vasilev (Vinarovo), Zlatan Vanev (Nikolovo), Petya Leikova (Sheinovo) • 29 mayor advisors in Razlog (2), Burgas (2), Varna (4), Novo Selo (2), Ruse (1), Sliven (2), Anton (1), Sapareva Banya (2), Stara Zagora (1), Toplovgrad (8), Harmanli (1), Tryavna (2).[7]

Despite high spirits among party members during the 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election, "Revival" only gathered 2.45% nation-wide support which is below the 4.0% needed for entry in Parliament.[8]

Controversy[]

Kostadin has garnered much controversy around his negative views on ethnic minorities and the LGBT community.[9] He is also known for his pro-Russian sentiment and has called for physical assault on people who do not conform to his views, calling them names like "rabble" and "stupid scum" who should be "put down like dangerous animals".[10][11][12] In all his works and publications he has failed to mention the various instances of Russia's negative impact on Bulgaria's history.

In the summer of 2020, the Court in Sofia launched a procedure for the removal of "Revival" as a political party, on the grounds that it had been fraudulently established through gathering falsified signatures.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ ""Личности"" (in Bulgarian). vazrazhdane.bg. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ^ ""Костадин Костадинов пред Сега: Българите ще сме малцинство в собствената си държава"" (in Bulgarian). vmro.bg. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ ""Кои са кандидат-депутатите във Варна"" (in Bulgarian). moreto.net. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ^ ""Нова националистическа партия учредяват в Плиска"" (in Bulgarian). cross.bg. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. ^ ""Костадин Костадинов слага началото на нова партия"" (in Bulgarian). utre.bg. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. ^ ""Местни Избори – Резултати"" (in Bulgarian). cik.bg. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  7. ^ ""Възраждане с исторически пробив в местната власт! На следващите парламентарни избори, влизаме самостоятелно в Народното събрание!"" (in Bulgarian). vazrazhdane.bg. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  8. ^ (in Bulgarian) https://results.cik.bg/pi2021/rezultati/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Няма страшно. Това е просто предизборна кампания Енчева, Светла, toest.bg 12.01.2019 г.]
  10. ^ Георгиев, Николай (2020). "Костадин Костадинов: Русофобите са прости отрепки, да бъдат избивани като вреден дивеч". tribune.bg. tribune.bg. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Костадинов: Русофобската паплач ще отговаря пред съда за престъпленията си срещу България". offnews.bg. offnews.bg. 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Лидерът на "Възраждане" - новият Волен". dnevnik.bg. dnevnik.bg. 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  13. ^ bntnews.bg

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