Borislav Tsekov

Borislav Tsekov is a Bulgarian lawyer, public figure and policymaker.In 2001-2005 he served as Member of Parliament representing the National Movement Simeon II (NMSII) and since 2004 the New Times Party (a liberal and reformist party which splitted from the NMSII due to disagreements on current party policies). In that time he was a member of the European Integration Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee. He has been elected also for Deputy Chairman of Religious Affairs Ad-Hoc Committee and Constitutional Amendments Ad-Hoc Committee. As parliamentarian Mr Tsekov sponsored more than 30 bills (half of them adopted by the Parliament).His political background includes also leadership positions: Deputy Floor Leader of the majority fation - NMSII (2003-2004); Deputy Floor Leader of New Times Faction (end of 2004); Floor Leader of New Times Faction (2005). He is also VicePresident of the New Times Party (established in July 2004).As Member of Bulgarian Parliament Borislav Tsekov sponsored more than 30 bills. More than a half of these bills were adopted by the Parliament including - Religious Denominations Act, Political Parties Act, amendments of in 2007 which shifted the party policy to a more reformist one, Mr Tsekov rejoined the party. He was elected in July 2008 for a member of the Campaign Management Committee and political adviser to the Leader Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha.Mr. Tsekov has a political blog - www.btsekov.com.

Educational bakground:

1994 - graduated the Faculty of Law of Sofia University “St Clement of Ohrid”. 1993 – Portugal (Lisbon): Training Program “Political Strategies and Election Campaign”, Friedrich Naumann Foundation;1996-1999: Belgium (Brussels):European Law – Five Training Programs of TAIEX1998 – USA (New York; Washington, DC; Brattleboro, VT): “International Policy Advocacy”, Advocacy Institute and School for International Training1999 – Japan (Tokyo, Morioka, Nagoya): “Human Rights and Anti-discrimination”, JICA and Japanese Foreign Ministry;2003 – Italy (Rome): “Strengthening and Capacity Building of Bulgarian Anti-corruption Institutions”, USAID and IDLO;2004 – USA (Washington, DC; New York, San Francisco, Des Moines, Iowa): “Contemporary Political Issues – Presidential Campaign 2004”, Department of State2006 – USA (Washington, DC; New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago):“Promoting Tolerance” – American Jewish Committee

Mr Tsekov currently serves as Secretary General of the Ombudsman Institution of the Republic of Bulgaria - a constitutional authority monitoring human rights and good governance issues.In earlier stages of his professional carrier Mr Tsekov has worked as NGO and business consultant (1994-2000), Legal advisor at the Parliament (1996-2001), lecturer at the New Bulgarian University (2000-2001).Mr Tsekov is also National President for the World Jurist Association (1999-till now) - www.worldjurist.org, based in Washington, DC and President of the Association of Young Lawyers of Bulgaria.He is an author of many publications on political and legislative issues.