Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov
Волен Сидеров
Siderov in 2007
Member of the National Assembly
In office
13 July 2005 – 30 October 2019
Constituency25th MMC - Sofia
(2005-2009)
2nd MMC - Burgas
(2009-2013)
25th MMC - Sofia
(2013-2017)
31st MMC - Yambol
(2017-2019)
Other offices held
Member of the Sofia City Council
In office
12 November 2019 – 30 July 2021
Leader of Attack
Assumed office
17 April 2005
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Volen Nikolov Siderov

(1956-04-19) 19 April 1956 (age 68)
Yambol, PR Bulgaria
Political partyAttack
Other political
affiliations
Union of Democratic Forces (until 2000)
Spouses
Kapka Georgieva
(m. 2006; div. 2011)
(m. 2016)
ChildrenVolen Siderov Jr.
Occupation

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]

  1. ^ "Books by Siderov". Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ^ Ilieva, Margarita S. (15 April 2021). "Behar and Budinova v. Bulgaria: The Rights of Others in Cases of Othering – Anti-victim bias in ECHR hate speech law?". Strasbourg Observers. Retrieved 19 April 2021.