Vasil Bozhkov

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Krumov and the family name is Bozhkov.

Vasil Bozhkov
Васил Божков
Born (1956-07-29) July 29, 1956 (age 68)
Velingrad, PR Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian
CitizenshipBulgaria
EducationSofia University
OccupationBusinessman

Vasil Krumov Bozhkov (Bulgarian: Васил Крумов Божков; born July 29, 1956) is a Bulgarian politician[1][2][3] and a businessman, considered the richest Bulgarian with a fortune estimated at between 1 and 3 billion Bulgarian levs.[4] Known by the nickname The Skull (Черепа, Cherepa),[5] in internal correspondence of the US State Department he was described as "the most infamous gangster in Bulgaria."[6]

Vasil Bozhkov has a single child, a 18-year-old boy named Anton Bozhkov.

  1. ^ "Fugitive Bulgarian businessman Vasil Bozhkov establishes political party online". bnr.bg. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Exiled Bulgarian Oligarch Unveils Sunny-Sounding Opposition Party". Balkan Insight. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Актуални новини за Васил Божков от сайта на партия Българско Лято". Българско Лято (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Краят на империята. Кой е Васил Божков и как оцеля толкова време". Свободна Европа.
  5. ^ "Fugitive Tycoon Seeks Road to Power in Most Corrupt EU State". 9 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Най-печално известният гангстър на България е Васил Божкото-Черепа". Mediapool.bg.