Emil Koshlukov

Emil Koshlukov
Personal details
Born (1965-10-26) 26 October 1965
Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Nationality Bulgarian
Profession Politician, Journalist

Emil Iliev Koshlukov (Bulgarian: Емил Илиев Кошлуков) (born 26 October 1965) is a Bulgarian politician and journalist.

Life

Born in Pazardzhik, Koshlukov graduated from the English language high school in Plovdiv in 1985 and subsequently studied English philology at Sofia University. Between 1991 and 1996, he was also enrolled as a political science student at the University of California in Santa Barbara.[1]

In 1989, he was one of the leading figures behind the formation of the first independent student organizations in communist Bulgaria and participated in civil disobedience campaigns against the government. After being affiliated with the UDF in the early 1990s,[2] in 2001 Koshlukov was elected to the National Parliament for the first time as part of NDSV. In 2004, he founded the New Age (Bulgarian: Новото Време) political party and became its chairman. The new party was not able to find representation in the National Parliament following the 2005 elections.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Профил на Емил Илиев Кошлуков в "omda" (in Bulgarian). omda.bg. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Coordinating Council of the Union of Democratic Forces. Demokratsiya Newspaper, 27 April 1990.
  3. ↑ "Профил на Емил Кошлуков в "slava" (in Bulgarian). slava.bg. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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