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Angel DZHAMBAZKI MEP: We need a real EU reform
Angel Dzhambazki (EP): Saudi killing is stage of Islamic state, must pinpoint problem of Wahhabism
Angel Chavdarov Dzhambazki (family name sometimes also transliterated as Djambazki) (Bulgarian: Ангел Чавдаров Джамбазки), (born 21 March 1979, in Sofia) is a Bulgarian politician and currently a member of the European Parliament. He is also the vice-chairman of the IMRO, having joined the nationalist party in 1997 and gradually progressed through its ranks.
Contents
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI MEP We need a real EU reform
- Angel Dzhambazki EP Saudi killing is stage of Islamic state must pinpoint problem of Wahhabism
- Biography
- References
Biography
Dzhambazki is a graduate of Sofia University, where he specialized in legal studies.
He was a member of the Sofia city council between 2007 and 2014 after first being elected on the ticket of GERB, though making use of the quota for citizens, and then securing a seat in October 2011 as a candidate of IMRO.
In November 2013, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee notified chief prosecutor of Bulgaria Sotir Tsatsarov in relation to comments made by Dzhambazki, other IMRO members and football fans during an anti-immigrant procession in Sofia. Dzhambazki has criticized the non-governmental organization for being Bulgarophobic. He has also expressed negative views towards the MRF's role in Bulgarian politics.
In May 2014, Dzhambazki was elected to the European Parliament as a member of the Bulgaria Without Censorship - IMRO electoral coalition. In 2016 and 2017 Dzhambazki has been accused of accused of racist, xenophobic and homophobic comments.
In addition to his native Bulgarian, Dzhambazki also speaks English, German and Russian. Among his hobbies is mountaineering.