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			{{short description\|Bulgarian politician (born 1966)}}
	{{Infobox Prime Minister
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	\|name = Sergei Dmitrievich Stanishev<br><small>Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев</small>
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	\|image = Sergey Stanishev 2009 elections.jpg
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			\| birth_name = Sergey Dimitrievich Stanishev
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			\| children = 2
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			\| caption = Stanishev in 2009
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	'''Sergei Dmitrievich Stanishev''' ({{lang-bg\|Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев}}, born May 5, 1966) is a ]n politician who has been the leader of the ] since 2001 and the leader of the ], the second-largest party in the ] since 2011.<ref> </ref> He was ] from 2005 to 2009.
			'''Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev''' ({{langx\|bg\|Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев}} {{IPA\|bg\|sɛrˈɡɛj stɐˈniʃɛf\|}}; born 5 May 1966) is a Bulgarian politician who served ] from 2005 to 2009. A member of the ], which he led from 2001 to 2014, he later served as ] from 2014 to 2024. Stanishev was also the President of the ] from 2011 to 2022 and a Member of the ] from 1997 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The President: Sergei Stanishev\|url=https://www.pes.eu/en/about-us/the-party/president/\|work=PES news\|publisher=Party of European Socialists\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

	==~~Personal~~ life==		==Early life, education and career==
			Stanishev was born in 1966, in ], ] (]), to Dinah Sergeevna Muhina, a Soviet citizen and {{Interlanguage link\|Dimitar Stanishev\|lt=\|bg\|Димитър Станишев (политик)\|ru\|Станишев, Димитр\|hu\|Dimitar Sztanyisev\|zh\|迪米特尔·斯塔尼舍夫\|WD=}}, a Bulgarian Communist official who headed the ]'s foreign policy department and would later become secretary of the party central committee.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.monitor.bg/bg/a/view/9763-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2\|title=Почина майката на Сергей Станишев\|trans-title=Sergei Stanishev's mother died\|language=bg\|date=14 May 2015\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://politburo.archives.bg/bg/2013-04-24-11-12-48/sekretnidokumenti/1980-1989/101\|title=Димитър Станишев - политик от БКП\|date=24 April 2013\|publisher=Bulgarian Politburo\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
	===Early life, education and career===

	Stanishev was born in ] in 1966, then in the ], currently in ]. He attended ], where he received his ] in 1989, and his ] in 1994, both in the field of history. His doctoral thesis was entitled “The system of service promotion of high ranking officials in Russia and its evolution during the second half of XIX century”. In 1998, he specialized in political sciences at Moscow School of political studies. He was a visiting fellow in international relations at the ] and Political Science in 1999-2000. He also worked as a freelance journalist. In 1995 he became a staff member in the Foreign Affairs Department of the BSP. He was Chief of Foreign Policy and International Relations for the BSP from 1996 to 2001. In May 2000 he was elected a Member of the BSP Supreme Council and Member of the Executive Bureau. In June 2001, he entered the politics, when he was elected as a member of the ] from the region of ].

			After beginning his schooling in ], he then graduated from the 35 SOU "Dobri Voynikov" in ].{{sfn\|Lilov\|2013\|p=349}} Stanishev subsequently graduated from ] in 1989 and obtained his ] (]-equivalent) in 1994 both in the field of ]. His thesis was entitled "The system of service promotion of high ranking officials in Russia and its evolution during the second half of XIX century".{{sfn\|Lilov\|2013\|p=349}} In 1998, he specialized in political sciences at Moscow School of political studies. He was a visiting fellow in international relations at the ] and Political Science in 1999–2000. He also worked as a freelance journalist.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bussolainstitute.org/peoples/h-e-sergei-dmitrievich-stanishev/\|title=H.E. Sergei Dmitrievich Stanishev\|publisher=Bussola Institute\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
	Stanishev lived from 1994-2009 with journalist ]. In 2002 he amazed party members when he came to a gathering at ] on a motorcycle with a rock-style jacket that had a label on the back saying: "If you are reading this, Elena must have fallen off on the way." The pair did not have any children. In 2011, PR agent Monika Yanova announced that she was having a baby by Stanishev.<ref>. novinite.com, February 22, 2011.</ref> Their daughter Daria was born in 2011.<ref>. novinite.com, May 1, 2011.</ref> Yanova is a divorcee who has two other children by her ex-husband Ventsislav Yosifov.<ref>. novinite.com, February 25, 2011.</ref> Stanishev has one brother who is an architect - Georgii Stanishev.

			In 1995, he became a staff member in the Foreign Affairs Department of the ] (BSP).{{sfn\|Lilov\|2013\|p=350}} He was Chief of Foreign Policy and International Relations for the BSP from 1996 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Профил на Сергей Станишев (Sergei Stanishev Biographical Data)\|url=http://personi.dir.bg/person.php?id=25\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703095243/http://personi.dir.bg/person.php?id=25\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 July 2009\|work=personi.dir.bg editors\|publisher=personi.dir.bg\|access-date=29 July 2014}}</ref> In May 2000 he was elected a Member of the BSP Supreme Council and Member of the Executive Bureau.{{sfn\|Lilov\|2013\|p=353}} In June 2001, he entered politics when he was elected as a member of the ] from the region of ].{{Citation needed\|date=July 2019}}
	===Family background===
	Sergei Stanishev's father, Dimitar Yakov Stanishev was born in the village of ] near the city of ], at that time in ], today in the ].<ref></ref> He was a communist partisan during ], a member of the ] and head of the party's department for foreign policy and international affairs, attended ] and was a deputy, which liken him to his son. With regard to the ethnic background, according to some Bulgarian media Dimitar was ethnically ], it is also a fact that his second name Yakov "]" is ] and he married а ] citizen, the most Jewish city in ] then. The married person was Sergei Stanishev's mother - Dina Sergeevna Stanisheva, who is of ] descent.<ref></ref><ref></ref> She was a professor and linguist, in Bulgaria at the ] in the ] and in the ]. In an interview Sergei Stanishev said that he is not only Bulgarian and ], but also ]an, because half the family from his maternal line are ] German, the other half - Northern Russian, referring to the countries ] and ] and not to the ethnic groups.<ref></ref> Sergei Stanishev also declares himself a ].<ref>Standart News, 22 January 2012, p. 1, 4. </ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==
	===Chairmanship of the ]===		===Chairmanship of the Bulgarian Socialist Party===
			In December 2001, Stanishev was elected Chairman of the BSP at the party's Congress, and also Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the ] following the resignation of the previous holder of these positions, ], after his victory in the 2001 presidential election. Since April 2004 Stanishev has also been a member of the presidency of the ] (PES). Even though at the beginning older party members regarded him with suspicion due to his lack of experience,{{sfn\|Lilov\|2013\|p=371}} Stanishev has enjoyed considerable public approval,{{dubious\|date=April 2009}} mainly because of his successful efforts{{dubious\|date=April 2009}} to modernise the BSP. Stanishev succeed to modernise the BSP, leading it to fill membership to the ] and then to be member of the PES. He was elected as a member of the European Parliament for a second term in 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://euelectionsbulgaria.com/the-full-list-of-meps-from-bulgaria-re-shuffled-by-the-preferential-vote/\|title=The full list of MEPs from Bulgaria, re-shuffled by the preferential vote\|author=Krassen Nikolov\|publisher=EU Elections Bulgaria\|date=29 May 2019\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

	In December 2001 Stanishev was elected Chairman of the BSP at the party's Congress, and also Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the ] following the resignation of the former bearer of these positions ] after his victory in the Presidential election in 2001. Since April 2004 Stanishev has also been a member of the presidency of the ]. Even though, at the beginning, older party members regarded him with suspicion due to his lack of experience, Stanishev has enjoyed considerable public approval{{Dubious\|date=April 2009}} mainly because of his great intellectual skills{{Dubious\|date=April 2009}} and his successful efforts{{Dubious\|date=April 2009}} to modernise the BSP.

	===Prime minister===		===Prime minister===
			{{further\|Stanishev Government}}
			] on 18 January 2008]]
			In the general election of 25 June 2005 Stanishev was re-elected to the National Assembly, this time for a seat in ]. Under his leadership the ] (a coalition dominated by the BSP) won 31% of the votes. Stanishev said that the next government "should be led by the party which won most votes in the elections." On 20 July, after nearly a month of political uncertainty, Stanishev agreed to attempt to form a Cabinet. On 27 July 2005 the Bulgarian Parliament chose him as the new Prime Minister in a coalition government, led by the BSP and ] in a partnership with the ]. The vote was 120 to 119. However, the parliament voted against Stanishev's proposed Cabinet by 119 to 117 votes.

			This was followed by another two weeks of political deadlock. Finally, on 15 August, Stanishev was able to form a three-party ] with the party of outgoing Prime Minister ] and with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a Turkish minority party. Stanishev said the coalition's priorities would be "European integration, social responsibility and economic growth." He was elected Prime Minister by the Bulgarian parliament on 16 August with 168 in favour and 67 against. On 17 August 2005, with an official ceremony on 1 Dondukov Boulevard, Sergey Stanishev took office as Prime Minister.
	In the general election of June 25, 2005, Stanishev was re-elected to the National Assembly, this time for a seat in ]. Under his leadership the ] (a coalition dominated by the BSP) won 31% of the votes. Stanishev said that the next government "should be led by the party which won most votes in the elections." On 20 July, after nearly a month of political uncertainty, Stanishev agreed to attempt to form a Cabinet. On July 27, 2005 the Bulgarian Parliament chose him as the new Prime Minister in a coalition government, led by the ] and ] in a partnership with the ]. The vote was 120 to 119. However, the parliament voted against Stanishev's proposed Cabinet by 119 to 117 votes.

			Sergey Stanishev is an avid pro-EU politician who is credited{{By whom\|date=July 2013}} with reforming Bulgaria to the extent that he managed to steer his country to be among the last group of countries which joined the EU. Stanishev said Bulgaria's entrance to the EU was the final fall of the Berlin Wall for his nation, while EU President Jose Manuel Barroso hailed Bulgaria for having "gone through a remarkable transformation" in order to join.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Romania and Bulgaria hail EU deal\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5383456.stm\|work=BBC News Online\|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation\|date=26 September 2006\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
	This was followed by another two weeks of political deadlock. Finally on August 15 Stanishev was able to form a three-party ] with the party of outgoing Prime Minister ] and with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a Turkish minority party. Stanishev said the coalition's priorities would be "European integration, social responsibility and economic growth." He was elected Prime Minister by the Bulgarian parliament on August 16 with 168 in favour and 67 against. On August 17, 2005, with an official ceremony on 1 Dondukov Boulevard, Sergey Stanishev took office as Prime Minister.

			The European Commission's report on Bulgaria and Romania's accession had confirmed that after seven years of talks, Bulgaria and Romania were able to take on the rights and obligations of EU membership. Reading the report, Barroso said the two nations' entry would be a "historic achievement".
	Sergei Stanishev is an avid pro-EU politician who is credited with reforming Bulgaria to the extent that he managed to steer his country to be among the last group of countries which joined the EU. The ex-Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev had said Bulgaria's EU entrance was the final fall of the Berlin Wall for his nation. EU President Jose' Manuel Barroso had hailed Bulgarian Prime Minister Stanishev for having made enough progress for Bulgaria to join the union.

			In June 2008 Stanishev drew criticism from human rights advocates for his remarks regarding Bulgaria's first gay pride parade; the Prime Minister said he did not approve of "the manifestation and demonstration of such orientations."<ref>{{cite news\|author=Anna Mudeva\|title=About 60 arrested at Bulgaria's first gay parade\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-gays-idUSL2858989620080628\|work=]\|date=28 June 2008\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
	The European Commission's report on Bulgaria and Romania's accession had confirmed that after seven years of talks, Bulgaria and Romania were able to take on the rights and obligations of EU membership. Reading the report, Mr Barroso said the two nations' entry would be a "historic achievement".

			Also in June 2008 '']'' published an article highly critical of planned real estate development in a pristine seacoast area under ]. Sergey Stanishev's brother, Georgi Stanishev, is the Bulgarian partner of ], the developer behind the controversial project.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Kate Connolly\|title=Architecture: Bulgarian eco town 'the biggest mistake of Norman Foster's career', say protesters\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jul/14/greenbuilding.climatechange\|work=]\|date=14 July 2008\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
	"Bulgaria and Romania have carried out an extraordinary reform process and they have gone through a remarkable transformation," he said.<ref> </ref>

			In March 2009, ''New Europe'' published the heading 'Barroso backs Stanishev'. Stanishev received the full support of European Commissions President Jose Manuel Barroso concerning the improvement of the cooperation with the European Commission and the enhancement of the administrative capacity. Prime Minister Stanishev was on a working visit to Brussels and met with President Barroso, as well as European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs and Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Barroso backs Stanishev\|url=https://www.neweurope.eu/article/barroso-backs-stanishev/\|access-date=13 September 2019\|newspaper=New Europe\|date=9 March 2009}}</ref>
	In June 2008 Stanishev drew criticism from human rights advocates for his remarks regarding Bulgaria's first gay pride parade; the Prime Minister said he did not approve of "the manifestation and demonstration of such orientations."<ref> </ref>

			Later in June 2009, Sergey Stanishev supported Jose Manuel Barroso for a second term as EU Commission President.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Adelina Marini\|title=Stanishev supports Barroso for a second term\|url=http://www.euinside.eu/en/news/stanishev-supported-barroso-for-a-second-term\|website=euinside.eu\|publisher=euinside\|date=18 June 2009\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
	Also in June 2008 '']'' published an article highly critical of planned real estate development in a pristine seacoast area under ]. Sergei Stanishev's brother, Georgi Stanishev, is the Bulgarian partner of ], the developer behind the controversial project.<ref> </ref>

			===President of the Party of European Socialists (PES)===
	In March 2009, '']'' published the heading 'Barroso backs Stanishev'. Stanishev received the full support of European Commissions President Jose Manuel Barroso, concerning the improvement of the cooperation with the European Commission and the enhancement of the administrative capacity. Prime Minister Stanishev was on a working visit to Brussels and met with President Barroso, as well as European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs and Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia.
			Stanishev took over the PES leadership as Interim President in late 2011 after his predecessor, ], stepped down from his post. In September 2012, at the 9th PES Congress, Sergey Stanishev was elected (with 91.3% of the votes) as President of PES for a full two-year term. He was the only candidate for the post.<ref>{{cite news\|date=1 October 2012\|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/stanishev-elected-pes-president/\|title=Stanishev elected PES president\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

			On 11 June 2015,<ref name="euractiv">{{cite web\|author=Vincenti, Daniela\|title=Race is on to lead European Socialists\|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-priorities-2020/news/race-is-on-to-lead-european-socialists/\|website=EURACTIV\|publisher=EurActiv.com plc\|access-date=13 September 2019\|date=29 May 2015}}</ref> he was re-elected after his rival, ], withdrew from the race. According to him, his victory margin was 69.5% to 16.5%, with 13.3% abstaining.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://sofiaglobe.com/2015/06/14/bulgarian-socialist-partys-stanishev-re-elected-as-party-of-european-socialists-leader/\|title=Bulgarian Socialist Party's Stanishev re-elected as Party of European Socialists leader\|work=The Sofia Globe\|date=14 June 2015\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> At the PES congress in Lisbon in 2018 Stanishev was re-elected as president of the PES.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/193808/European+Socialists+Re-elected+the+Former+Bulgarian+PM+Stanishev+as+PES+President\|title=European Socialitss Reelected the Former Bulgarian PM Stanishev as PES President\|website=Novinite\|date=10 December 2018\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
	Later in June 2009, Sergei Stanishev supported Jose' Manuel Barroso for a second term as EU Commission President.

			===Later career===
			At the ], Stanishev was elected as Member of the ] for Bulgaria, placing second on the BSP party list.

			In early July 2014, Stanishev announced that he would step down as leader of the BSP. On 27 July, at the BSP's 48th congress, incumbent ] ] was elected to succeed Stanishev as party chair.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Mihail Mikov Elected Chair of Bulgarian Socialist Party\|url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/162296/Mihail+Mikov+Elected+Chair+of+Bulgarian+Socialist+Party\|website=Novinite\|agency=Sofia News Agency\|date=27 July 2014\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

			In the ] Stanishev earned a seat as a Member of the ] for the 2019–2024 term.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://results.cik.bg/ep2019/mandati/index.html\|title=Results by Central Election Commission\|publisher=Central Election Commission\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> At the summit at which EU's top jobs were discussed Stanishev was proposed as a candidate for President of the ].<ref>{{cite news\|author=Gotev, Georgi\|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/stanishev-to-take-over-as-european-parliament-chief/\|title=EU summit suggests Stanishev to take over as European Parliament chief\|publisher=Euractiv\|date=2 July 2019\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> However, he withdrew his nomination.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2019/07/03/440517/sergei-stanishev-withdraws-his-nomination-for-president-of-the-european-parliament.html\|title=Sergei Stanishev withdraws his nomination for President of the European Parliament\|agency=Focus News Agency\|date=3 July 2019\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> ], Prime Minister of Bulgaria, said Stanishev's nomination was an "honor and pride for Bulgaria".<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/politika/2019/07/02/3933082_borisov_za_nominaciiata_na_stanishev_bulgarin_na/\|title=Борисов за номинацията на Станишев: Българин на такава позиция е чест и гордост\|trans-title=Sergei Borisov on Stanishev's Nomination\|work=]\|language=bg\|date=2 July 2019\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> According to Euractiv, Stanishev is "at war" with the leader of the Bulgarian socialists ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/middle-ground-politics/news/the-brief-europes-progressives-are-cats-and-dogs/\|author=Sarantis Michalopoulos\|author2=Alexandra Brzozowski\|title=The Brief – Europe's Progressives are cats and dogs\|website=EURACTIV\|date=24 July 2019\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

			==Controversies==
			===Hochegger scandal===
			In March 2012, Austrian lobbyist Peter Hochegger was found to have received nearly ]1.5 M from the former three-way coalition government for a dubious campaign aimed at boosting Bulgaria's image abroad. A report indicated that a part of the sum paid to Hochegger's company had returned to the PR agency owned by Monika Yosifova, now Stanisheva, wife of Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev. Hochegger made headlines in Bulgaria after it emerged that he had lobbied for Bulgaria's EU accession in exchange for a fee of €1.5 M under two contracts from 2006 and 2008 signed during the term in office of the government headed by Stanishev. The Viennese Regional Criminal Court sentenced Hochegger to two and a half years in prison.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Ex Austrian Lobbyist Hochegger to Spend 2.5 Years in Jail\|url=https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=153664\|website=Novinite\|agency=Sofia News Agency\|date=15 September 2013\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

			===European elections project scandal===
			A public relations firm led by Stanishev's wife, Monika Stanisheva, won a €60,000 contract for a project to the European elections in Bulgaria. MEPs from the EPP have rung the alarm bell an "obvious" conflict of interest involving some of the most prominent figures in the European socialist family.

			The project consists of a website explaining the functions of the European Parliament to a Bulgarian audience. According to experts, quoted by the Bulgarian press, the website is built on open source software and contains information copy-pasted from the EU institutions own websites. The contract will be investigated by the Budgets Committee of the European Parliament.
			Stanishev defended his wife saying that she was working on similar projects before they got married in 2013. He attacked his opponents by asking if they, "suggest that she should stop working?".
			Stanisheva has announced that she was returning the down payment of €29,679.93.<ref>{{cite web\|title=EPP turns up the heat on Schulz over Parliament bid-rigging allegations\|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/epp-turns-up-the-heat-on-schulz-over-parliament-bid-rigging-allegations/\|website=EURACTIV\|date=29 January 2014\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

			===Criminal prosecution for lost documents===
			Sergey Stanishev faced a court on 18 of March 2014 in the so-called "lost documents" case,<ref name=facecourt/> which many observers and Stanishev himself<ref>{{cite news\|title=Attorney-general requests MP's immunity of five MPs and Stanishev (in Bulgarian)\|url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/63511/Bulgarian+Prosecutors+After+Nationalist+MP%27s+Immunity\|website=Novinite\|date=16 May 2006\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> have claimed as based on pure political grounds. In a written statement, he stated that "In Bulgaria it is clear to everyone that the case against me is political."<ref name=euractiv/>

			He was charged with losing 7 classified documents - 3 from the State Agency for National Security (DANS), 2 from the Interior Ministry, 1 from the Defense Ministry and 1 from ] - while he was Prime Minister. In October 2013 Stanishev voluntarily gave up his parliamentary immunity to be tried in court.<ref name="facecourt">{{cite web\|title=PES Leader to Face Court in Bulgaria in 'Lost Files' Case March 18\|url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/157309/PES+Leader+to+Face+Court+in+Bulgaria+in+%27Lost+Files%27+Case+March+18\|website=Novinite\|agency=Sofia News Agency\|date=16 January 2014\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

			If convicted, he could have faced a two-year jail sentence or a fine.<ref name=euractiv/>

			On 16 December 2016, Stanishev was acquitted, with the judge stating that "there were no indisputable evidence that Stanishev lost the documents, nor was it proven conclusively that the documents contained confidential information".<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sofia City Court Acquitted Former Socialist PM Stanishev Over Losing 7 Secret Documents\|url=https://www.bnt.bg/en/a/sofia-city-court-acquitted-former-socialist-pm-stanishev-over-losing-7-secret-documents\|publisher=Bulgarian National TV\|date=16 December 2016\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Sofia City Court acquits former PM Stanishev over losing secret documents\|url=https://sofiaglobe.com/2016/12/16/sofia-city-court-acquits-former-pm-stanishev-over-losing-secret-documents/\|work=The Sofia Globe\|date=16 December 2016\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

			==Personal life==
			In 2011, PR agent Monika Yosifova announced that she was having a baby with Stanishev.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=125528\|title=Bulgaria Opposition Leader Stanishev to Become Father\|website=Novinite\|date=22 February 2011\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> Their daughter Daria was born on 1 May 2011.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=127811\|title=Bulgarian Socialist Leader Begets First Child on Labor Day\|website=Novinite\|date=1 May 2011\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> Their second child Georgi was born in 2013.{{sfn\|Lilov\|2013\|p=349}} Yosifova is a divorcee who has two other children - Monika and Ventsislav - by her ex-husband Ventsislav Yosifov.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=125647\|title=Ex Bulgarian PM Elated about Becoming Father\|website=Novinite\|date=25 February 2011\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> Stanishev married Monika in May 2013.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://nova.bg/news/view/2013/05/20/50528/станишев-се-ожени-за-приятелката-си-моника/\|title=Станишев се ожени за приятелката си Моника\|trans-title=Stanishev married his girlfriend Monika\|agency=]\|date=20 May 2013\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

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Bulgarian politician (born 1966)

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Dmitrevich and the family name is Stanishev.

Sergey Stanishev
Сергей Станишев
Stanishev in 2009

Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office 17 August 2005 – 27 July 2009
President	Georgi Parvanov
Deputy	Ivailo Kalfin Emel Etem Toshkova Meglena Plugchieva Daniel Valchev
Preceded by	Simeon Sakskoburggotski
Succeeded by	Boyko Borisov
Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria
In office 1 July 2014 – 15 July 2024
Preceded by	Ivaylo Kalfin
Succeeded by	Kristian Vigenin
President of the European Socialists
In office 24 November 2011 – 14 October 2022
Preceded by	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Succeeded by	Stefan Löfven
Leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party
In office 5 December 2001 – 27 July 2014
Preceded by	Georgi Parvanov
Succeeded by	Mihail Mikov
Member of the National Assembly
In office 14 July 2009 – 25 June 2014
Constituency	3rd MMC – Varna
In office 19 April 1997 – 17 August 2005
Constituency	19th MMC – Ruse

Personal details
Born	Sergey Dimitrievich Stanishev (1966-05-05) 5 May 1966 (age 58) Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Citizenship	Bulgarian Russian (until 1996)
Political party	BSP (since 1990)
Other political affiliations	Party of European Socialists
Spouse	Monika Yosifova (m. 2013)
Children	2
Alma mater	Moscow State University (BA, MA, PhD)
Occupation	Politician journalist

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Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev (Bulgarian: Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев [sɛrˈɡɛj stɐˈniʃɛf]; born 5 May 1966) is a Bulgarian politician who served Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Socialist Party, which he led from 2001 to 2014, he later served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2024. Stanishev was also the President of the European Socialists from 2011 to 2022 and a Member of the National Assembly from 1997 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2014.

Early life, education and career

Stanishev was born in 1966, in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Union), to Dinah Sergeevna Muhina, a Soviet citizen and Dimitar Stanishev [bg; ru; hu; zh], a Bulgarian Communist official who headed the Bulgarian Communist Party's foreign policy department and would later become secretary of the party central committee.

After beginning his schooling in Soviet Russia, he then graduated from the 35 SOU "Dobri Voynikov" in Sofia. Stanishev subsequently graduated from Moscow State University in 1989 and obtained his candidate degree (PhD-equivalent) in 1994 both in the field of history. His thesis was entitled "The system of service promotion of high ranking officials in Russia and its evolution during the second half of XIX century". In 1998, he specialized in political sciences at Moscow School of political studies. He was a visiting fellow in international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1999–2000. He also worked as a freelance journalist.

In 1995, he became a staff member in the Foreign Affairs Department of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). He was Chief of Foreign Policy and International Relations for the BSP from 1996 to 2001. In May 2000 he was elected a Member of the BSP Supreme Council and Member of the Executive Bureau. In June 2001, he entered politics when he was elected as a member of the Bulgarian National Assembly from the region of Ruse.

Political career

Chairmanship of the Bulgarian Socialist Party

In December 2001, Stanishev was elected Chairman of the BSP at the party's Congress, and also Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Coalition for Bulgaria following the resignation of the previous holder of these positions, Georgi Parvanov, after his victory in the 2001 presidential election. Since April 2004 Stanishev has also been a member of the presidency of the Party of European Socialists (PES). Even though at the beginning older party members regarded him with suspicion due to his lack of experience, Stanishev has enjoyed considerable public approval, mainly because of his successful efforts to modernise the BSP. Stanishev succeed to modernise the BSP, leading it to fill membership to the Socialist International and then to be member of the PES. He was elected as a member of the European Parliament for a second term in 2019.

Prime minister

Further information: Stanishev Government

In the general election of 25 June 2005 Stanishev was re-elected to the National Assembly, this time for a seat in Burgas. Under his leadership the Coalition for Bulgaria (a coalition dominated by the BSP) won 31% of the votes. Stanishev said that the next government "should be led by the party which won most votes in the elections." On 20 July, after nearly a month of political uncertainty, Stanishev agreed to attempt to form a Cabinet. On 27 July 2005 the Bulgarian Parliament chose him as the new Prime Minister in a coalition government, led by the BSP and National Movement Simeon II in a partnership with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. The vote was 120 to 119. However, the parliament voted against Stanishev's proposed Cabinet by 119 to 117 votes.

This was followed by another two weeks of political deadlock. Finally, on 15 August, Stanishev was able to form a three-party grand coalition with the party of outgoing Prime Minister Simeon Sakskoburggotski and with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a Turkish minority party. Stanishev said the coalition's priorities would be "European integration, social responsibility and economic growth." He was elected Prime Minister by the Bulgarian parliament on 16 August with 168 in favour and 67 against. On 17 August 2005, with an official ceremony on 1 Dondukov Boulevard, Sergey Stanishev took office as Prime Minister.

Sergey Stanishev is an avid pro-EU politician who is credited with reforming Bulgaria to the extent that he managed to steer his country to be among the last group of countries which joined the EU. Stanishev said Bulgaria's entrance to the EU was the final fall of the Berlin Wall for his nation, while EU President Jose Manuel Barroso hailed Bulgaria for having "gone through a remarkable transformation" in order to join.

The European Commission's report on Bulgaria and Romania's accession had confirmed that after seven years of talks, Bulgaria and Romania were able to take on the rights and obligations of EU membership. Reading the report, Barroso said the two nations' entry would be a "historic achievement".

In June 2008 Stanishev drew criticism from human rights advocates for his remarks regarding Bulgaria's first gay pride parade; the Prime Minister said he did not approve of "the manifestation and demonstration of such orientations."

Also in June 2008 The Guardian published an article highly critical of planned real estate development in a pristine seacoast area under EU environmental protection. Sergey Stanishev's brother, Georgi Stanishev, is the Bulgarian partner of Foster and Partners, the developer behind the controversial project.

In March 2009, New Europe published the heading 'Barroso backs Stanishev'. Stanishev received the full support of European Commissions President Jose Manuel Barroso concerning the improvement of the cooperation with the European Commission and the enhancement of the administrative capacity. Prime Minister Stanishev was on a working visit to Brussels and met with President Barroso, as well as European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs and Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia.

Later in June 2009, Sergey Stanishev supported Jose Manuel Barroso for a second term as EU Commission President.

President of the Party of European Socialists (PES)

Stanishev took over the PES leadership as Interim President in late 2011 after his predecessor, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, stepped down from his post. In September 2012, at the 9th PES Congress, Sergey Stanishev was elected (with 91.3% of the votes) as President of PES for a full two-year term. He was the only candidate for the post.

On 11 June 2015, he was re-elected after his rival, Enrique Barón Crespo, withdrew from the race. According to him, his victory margin was 69.5% to 16.5%, with 13.3% abstaining. At the PES congress in Lisbon in 2018 Stanishev was re-elected as president of the PES.

Later career

At the 2014 European parliament election, Stanishev was elected as Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria, placing second on the BSP party list.

In early July 2014, Stanishev announced that he would step down as leader of the BSP. On 27 July, at the BSP's 48th congress, incumbent chairperson of the National Assembly Mihail Mikov was elected to succeed Stanishev as party chair.

In the 2019 European Parliament election Stanishev earned a seat as a Member of the European Parliament for the 2019–2024 term. At the summit at which EU's top jobs were discussed Stanishev was proposed as a candidate for President of the European Parliament. However, he withdrew his nomination. Boyko Borisov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, said Stanishev's nomination was an "honor and pride for Bulgaria". According to Euractiv, Stanishev is "at war" with the leader of the Bulgarian socialists Korneliya Ninova.

Controversies

Hochegger scandal

In March 2012, Austrian lobbyist Peter Hochegger was found to have received nearly €1.5 M from the former three-way coalition government for a dubious campaign aimed at boosting Bulgaria's image abroad. A report indicated that a part of the sum paid to Hochegger's company had returned to the PR agency owned by Monika Yosifova, now Stanisheva, wife of Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev. Hochegger made headlines in Bulgaria after it emerged that he had lobbied for Bulgaria's EU accession in exchange for a fee of €1.5 M under two contracts from 2006 and 2008 signed during the term in office of the government headed by Stanishev. The Viennese Regional Criminal Court sentenced Hochegger to two and a half years in prison.

European elections project scandal

A public relations firm led by Stanishev's wife, Monika Stanisheva, won a €60,000 contract for a project to the European elections in Bulgaria. MEPs from the EPP have rung the alarm bell an "obvious" conflict of interest involving some of the most prominent figures in the European socialist family.

The project consists of a website explaining the functions of the European Parliament to a Bulgarian audience. According to experts, quoted by the Bulgarian press, the website is built on open source software and contains information copy-pasted from the EU institutions own websites. The contract will be investigated by the Budgets Committee of the European Parliament. Stanishev defended his wife saying that she was working on similar projects before they got married in 2013. He attacked his opponents by asking if they, "suggest that she should stop working?". Stanisheva has announced that she was returning the down payment of €29,679.93.

Criminal prosecution for lost documents

Sergey Stanishev faced a court on 18 of March 2014 in the so-called "lost documents" case, which many observers and Stanishev himself have claimed as based on pure political grounds. In a written statement, he stated that "In Bulgaria it is clear to everyone that the case against me is political."

He was charged with losing 7 classified documents - 3 from the State Agency for National Security (DANS), 2 from the Interior Ministry, 1 from the Defense Ministry and 1 from NATO - while he was Prime Minister. In October 2013 Stanishev voluntarily gave up his parliamentary immunity to be tried in court.

If convicted, he could have faced a two-year jail sentence or a fine.

On 16 December 2016, Stanishev was acquitted, with the judge stating that "there were no indisputable evidence that Stanishev lost the documents, nor was it proven conclusively that the documents contained confidential information".

Personal life

In 2011, PR agent Monika Yosifova announced that she was having a baby with Stanishev. Their daughter Daria was born on 1 May 2011. Their second child Georgi was born in 2013. Yosifova is a divorcee who has two other children - Monika and Ventsislav - by her ex-husband Ventsislav Yosifov. Stanishev married Monika in May 2013.

Stanishev has one brother, architect Georgi Stanishev.

Stanishev acquired Bulgarian citizenship in 1996.

His hobbies include fitness, skiing, swimming and motorcycling.

References

"The President: Sergei Stanishev". PES news. Party of European Socialists. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Почина майката на Сергей Станишев" [Sergei Stanishev's mother died] (in Bulgarian). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Димитър Станишев - политик от БКП". Bulgarian Politburo. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ Lilov 2013, p. 349. sfn error: no target: CITEREFLilov2013 (help)
"H.E. Sergei Dmitrievich Stanishev". Bussola Institute. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
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"Профил на Сергей Станишев (Sergei Stanishev Biographical Data)". personi.dir.bg editors. personi.dir.bg. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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Krassen Nikolov (29 May 2019). "The full list of MEPs from Bulgaria, re-shuffled by the preferential vote". EU Elections Bulgaria. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Romania and Bulgaria hail EU deal". BBC News Online. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 September 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
Anna Mudeva (28 June 2008). "About 60 arrested at Bulgaria's first gay parade". Reuters. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
Kate Connolly (14 July 2008). "Architecture: Bulgarian eco town 'the biggest mistake of Norman Foster's career', say protesters". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Barroso backs Stanishev". New Europe. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
Adelina Marini (18 June 2009). "Stanishev supports Barroso for a second term". euinside.eu. euinside. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Stanishev elected PES president". 1 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ Vincenti, Daniela (29 May 2015). "Race is on to lead European Socialists". EURACTIV. EurActiv.com plc. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Bulgarian Socialist Party's Stanishev re-elected as Party of European Socialists leader". The Sofia Globe. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"European Socialitss Reelected the Former Bulgarian PM Stanishev as PES President". Novinite. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Mihail Mikov Elected Chair of Bulgarian Socialist Party". Novinite. Sofia News Agency. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Results by Central Election Commission". Central Election Commission. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
Gotev, Georgi (2 July 2019). "EU summit suggests Stanishev to take over as European Parliament chief". Euractiv. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Sergei Stanishev withdraws his nomination for President of the European Parliament". Focus News Agency. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Борисов за номинацията на Станишев: Българин на такава позиция е чест и гордост" [Sergei Borisov on Stanishev's Nomination]. Dnevnik (in Bulgarian). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
Sarantis Michalopoulos; Alexandra Brzozowski (24 July 2019). "The Brief – Europe's Progressives are cats and dogs". EURACTIV. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Ex Austrian Lobbyist Hochegger to Spend 2.5 Years in Jail". Novinite. Sofia News Agency. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"EPP turns up the heat on Schulz over Parliament bid-rigging allegations". EURACTIV. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ "PES Leader to Face Court in Bulgaria in 'Lost Files' Case March 18". Novinite. Sofia News Agency. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Attorney-general requests MP's immunity of five MPs and Stanishev (in Bulgarian)". Novinite. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Sofia City Court Acquitted Former Socialist PM Stanishev Over Losing 7 Secret Documents". Bulgarian National TV. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Sofia City Court acquits former PM Stanishev over losing secret documents". The Sofia Globe. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Bulgaria Opposition Leader Stanishev to Become Father". Novinite. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Bulgarian Socialist Leader Begets First Child on Labor Day". Novinite. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Ex Bulgarian PM Elated about Becoming Father". Novinite. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
"Станишев се ожени за приятелката си Моника" [Stanishev married his girlfriend Monika]. Nova TV. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ Lilov 2013, p. 347. sfn error: no target: CITEREFLilov2013 (help)

Bibliography

Lilov, Grigor (2013). Най-богатите българи (1st ed.). Sofia: „Кайлас” ЕООД. ISBN 978-954-92098-9-1.

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Preceded byGeorgi Parvanov	Leader of the Socialist Party 2001–2014	Succeeded byMihail Mikov
Preceded byPoul Nyrup Rasmussen	President of the Party of European Socialists 2011–present	Incumbent
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Preceded bySimeon Sakskoburggotski	Prime Minister of Bulgaria 2005–2009	Succeeded byBoyko Borisov

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People's Republic	G. Dimitrov Kolarov Chervenkov Yugov Zhivkov Todorov Filipov Atanasov Lukanov
Republic	Popov P. Dimitrov Berov Indzhova Videnov Sofiyanski Kostov Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Stanishev Borisov Raykov Oresharski Bliznashki Borisov Gerdzhikov Borisov Yanev Petkov Donev Denkov Glavchev
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