Borislav Tsekov
Borislav Tsekov (Bulgarian: Борислав Цеков) (born 1972) is a Bulgarian lawyer, public figure and policymaker. In 2001–2005, he served as Member of Parliament representing the [1] NMSS and since 2004 the New Times Party (a liberal and reformist party which split from the NMSS due to disagreements on current party policies). In that time he was a member of the European Integration Committee , Legal Affairs Committee and Committee on Local Self-government, Regional Policy and Urban development . He has been elected also as Deputy Chairman of Religious Affairs Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Affairs and Ad Hoc Committee on Amendments to the Constitution .
As Member of Bulgarian Parliament, Borislav Tsekov sponsored more than 30 bills. More than half of these bills were adopted by the Parliament, including Religious Denominations Act[2] , Political Parties Act, State Orders and Medals Act, amendments ;legislation on municipal property, penal procedure etc.
Tsekov served as Secretary General of the Ombudsman Institution of the Republic of Bulgaria (2005-2010), a constitutional authority monitoring human rights and good governance issues. In earlier stages of his professional career, 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).
Tsekov is also a National President for the World Jurist Association (1999–present), based in Washington DC,.[3]
Tsekov is founder and President of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Modern Politics.
He is an author of many publications on political and legislative issues. In February 2011 he published the book New York: The Altar of the Modern World, a kaleidoscopic mosaic of history, politics and lifestyle of New York City.
Educational background
- 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 TAIEX
- 1998 – USA (New York; Washington, DC; Brattleboro, VT): “International Policy Advocacy”, Advocacy Institute and School for International Training
- 1999 – 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 State
- 2006 – USA (Washington, DC; New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago): “Promoting Tolerance” – American Jewish Committee
- 2007 - "John F. Kennedy" School of Government, Harvard University
- 2009 - "International Human Rights Academy", organized by Ghent University (Belgium), Utrecht University (The Netherlands), University of the Western Cape (Republic of South Africa), American University Washington College of Law (United States of America), University of Pretoria (Republic of South Africa), Free University of Brussels (Belgium)
- 2016 - Ph.D. in Constitutional Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences