Volen Siderov | |||||||||||||||||
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Волен Сидеров | |||||||||||||||||
Member of the National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||
In office 13 July 2005 – 30 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Constituency | 25th MMC - Sofia (2005-2009) 2nd MMC - Burgas (2009-2013) 25th MMC - Sofia (2013-2017) 31st MMC - Yambol (2017-2019) | ||||||||||||||||
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Born | Volen Nikolov Siderov 19 April 1956 Yambol, PR Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||
Political party | Attack | ||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Union of Democratic Forces (until 2000) | ||||||||||||||||
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Children | Volen Siderov Jr. | ||||||||||||||||
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Volen Nikolov Siderov (Bulgarian: Волен Николов Сидеров [ˈvɔlɛn ˈsidɛrof]; born 19 April 1956) is a Bulgarian far-right politician and chairman of the nationalist party Attack. He has been the editor of numerous newspapers and has authored five books.[1]
In 2021, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Bulgarian courts had erred in not upholding civil discrimination claims against Siderov for his anti-Jewish and anti-Romani statements.[2]