Лъчезар Тошев
български политик
Роден: 10 октомври 1962
Свищов, България
Народен представител в: XXXVI НС XXXVII НС XXXVIII НС XXXIX НС XL НС XLI НС
Лъчезар Благовестов Тошев (Latchezar Toshev) е български политик и народен представител от Съюза на демократичните сили (СДС) в 36-то, 37-то, 38-то 39-то, 40-то и 41-то Народно събрание.
Роден е на 10 октомври 1962 г. в Свищов. Завършва специалност „Молекулярна биология“ в Софийския университет. Работи в институтите по молекулярна биология и по клетъчна биология и морфология към БАН.
От 1989 г. е член на Екогласност и СДС. Народен представител от СДС в 36-то, 37-то, 38-то 39-то, 40-то и 41-то Народно събрание. Председател на парламентарната комисия по околната среда и водите в 38-то Народно събрание (1997–2001). Председател на парламентарната комисия по правата на човека и вероизповеданията в 39-то Народно събрание (2001–2005). Член на парламентарната комисия по външна политика в 360-то, 37-то и 38-то Народно събрание.
От 1992 до 2005 г. е член на Парламентарната асамблея на Съвета на Европа (ПАСЕ), като от 1998 до 2000 г. е неин вицепрезидент. В периода 1992-1997 г. е член на фракцията на Европейските Демократи и вицепрезидент на групата в продължение на три години. След превръщането на СДС в партия през 1997 г. и ориентацията към Европейската народна партия, напуска групата и от 25 юни 1997 до 3 октомври 2005 г. е член на Групата на Европейската Народна Партия /Християндемократи в ПАСЕ. От септември 1997 г. до октомври 2005 г. е вицепрезидент на групата. От 1997 до 2001 г. е ръководител на делегацията на България в ПАСЕ. През 2006 г. е награден с медал „За заслуги“ на ПАСЕ и статут на почетно асоцииран към Асамблеята.
От юли 2005 г. в продължение на 3 години работи като главен експертен сътрудник в кабинета на Заместник Председателя на 40-тото Народно събрание Филип Димитров. На 17 юли 2008 с решение на ЦИК е обявен за избран за народен представител в 40 Народно събрание.
На Изборите за Европейския парламент през 2007 е включен в листата на СДС, но партията получава 4,74% от гласовете и остава без евродепутати.
На Изборите за Европейски парламент през 2009 е кандидат-депутат от листата на Синята коалиция.
Избран за народен представител в 41 Народно събрание на изборите от 5 юли 2009г.в листата на Синята коалиция.
От 28 септември 2009г. до 29 септември 2013г. отново е член на ПАСЕ, Заместник Председател на българската делегация в Асамблеята и Вицепрезидент на групата на Европейската Народна Партия / Християндемократи.
От 30 септември 2013г. е възобновено почетното му асоцииране към ПАСЕ.
На 6 август 2013г. с указ на Президента на Унгария Янош Адер е награден с унгарския Кавалерски кръст на Ордена за заслуги.
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Latchezar
Toshev (Latchezar Blagovestov Toshev) is a Bulgarian politician and Member
of the Bulgarian Parliament for 6 consecutive legislatures of the National
Assembly—36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st.
He was born on October 10, 1962, in the town of Svishtov, Bulgaria. He
graduated from the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in 1985 as a Master
of Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics. His professional career began in
the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(1985-1989) and the Institute of Cell Biology and Morphology at the Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences (1989-1991).
In 1989 he became a member of the “Ecoglasnost” Movement, one of the very first informal NGOs in Bulgaria,
and then of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), a democratic coalition
composed of several movements and parties including “Ecoglasnost."
In 1991 he was elected Member of Parliament in the lists of UDF and reelected
in 6 consecutive legislatures of the Bulgarian National Assembly, always in the
lists of UDF. He was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
(1991-2005), Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Waters
(1997-2001), Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and
Religious Denominations (2001-2005), Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee on
Ratification of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for Protection of
National Minorities, Member of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Ratification of the Treaty
on Adhesion of Bulgaria to EU (2005).
He was Member of PACE, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (1992-2005 and 2009-2013), Vice-President of the Assembly
(1998-2000), and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Political Affairs of the
Assembly (1998-2001 and 2005). Representative of PACE to the Board of the
International Institute for Democracy (Joint Initiative of European Parliament
and PACE) – 2004-2005.
In the Assembly at first he was a member of European
Democrats Group 1992-1997 and its Deputy Chairman 1993-1997. After
transformation of the Coalition UDF into a single party on June 25, 1997 he
became a member of the EPP Group (European Peoples Party/Christian Democrats
Group) and almost immediately was elected as its Vice-President (1997-2005 and
2009-2013). From 1997 to 2001 he was Head of the Bulgarian Delegation to PACE
and from 2009 to 2013 he was a Deputy Head of the Delegation to PACE
(2009-2013). In 2006 he was awarded the Medal „Pro Merito“
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and declared “Honorary Associate of the Assembly.”
In the period from 2005 to 2008 he worked as Chief
Expert in the Office of the Deputy Speaker of the Bulgarian National Assembly
Rt. Hon. Philip Dimitrov. On July 17, 2008 he again became an MP. He was
reelected once again as MP (July 5, 2009 to March 15, 2013).
In the first Bulgarian elections for European Parliament he
was a candidate in second place on the UDF list, but the party won
only 4.74% of the votes and no one was elected. He was nominated for the
European election again in 2009, but also was not elected. In the national
parliamentary elections later in the same year, 2009, he was reelected as MP in
the National Assembly. Since May 1, 2015, he served as Chief Expert of the
Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs with a main focus of activities on
the Parliamentary dimension of the Bulgarian Chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe. On August 6, 2013 the President of Hungary
Janos Ader awarded him the Knights Cross of the highest Hungarian Order—the Order of Merit.
Rapporteurship in
the PACE
Rapporteurship in
the PACE
Ø A new parliamentary effort to create a
Stability Pact in the South Caucasus
Information report (on behalf of the Committee on Political affairs and Democracy )
Information report (on behalf of the Committee on Political affairs and Democracy )
Doc. 13135/18.02.2013.
Ø Living together in 21 Century
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy)
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy)
Doc. 12631/06.06.2011
http://www.ein.eu/living-together-21st-century-europe
Ø Religious Dimension of Intercultural Dialogue
Opinion (on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs)
Opinion (on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs)
Doc.12576/1.04.2011
Ø Military Waste and the Environment
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs)Doc. 12354/06.08.2010http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?fileid=12522&lang=EN
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs)Doc. 12354/06.08.2010http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?fileid=12522&lang=EN
Ø Parliamentary contribution to the Stability
Pact for South East Europe
Report (on behalf of the Political Affairs Committee)
Doc. 10349/20.10.2004
Doc. 10349/20.10.2004
Ø Transboundary water basins in Europe
Report (on
behalf of the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional
Affairs)
Doc. 10131/8.04.2004
Doc. 10131/8.04.2004
Ø Bio-terrorism: a serious threat for
citizens’ health
Opinion (on behalf of the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs). Doc. 10095/17.02.2004
Opinion (on behalf of the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs). Doc. 10095/17.02.2004
Ø Preferential Treatment of National Minorities by Kin-States – the Case
of the Hungarian Law of 19 June 2001 on Hungarians Living in Neighboring
Countries /”Magyars”/
Opinion (on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs)
Doc. 9813/2003
Opinion (on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs)
Doc. 9813/2003
Ø Parliamentary Scrutiny of International Institutions
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs)
Doc. 9484/2002
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs)
Doc. 9484/2002
Addendum:
Records of the debates
Ø International Cooperation in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities)
Doc. 8921/2001
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities)
Doc. 8921/2001
Ø Amelioration of Disadvantaged Urban Areas
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities)
Doc.8811/2000
Report (on behalf of the Committee on Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities)
Doc.8811/2000
Ø Application by Latvia for Membership of the Council of Europe
Opinion (on behalf of the Committee on Relations with European Non-Member Countries)
Doc. 7190/1994
Opinion (on behalf of the Committee on Relations with European Non-Member Countries)
Doc. 7190/1994
Other initiatives :
Latchezar Toshev was an initiator and mover of the first
Draft for the Resolution 1481/2006 of PACE on the Need for International
condemnation of crimes of tatalitarian communist regimes.
Link to the
initial Motion
Link to the
adopted document:
Video-records
of the Discussion at PACE about the International Condemnation of the
Crimes of Communis
regimes, January 25th, 2006
Text-records of the Debates, Sitting of the
Assembly on 25 of January 2006 at 3 p.m. http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/Records/2006/E/0601251500E.htm
Organiser of conferences of the PACE:
v The 6th Interparliamentary Conference on Mediterranean and
Black Sea Basins,
Varna, 19-21 October 2000;
Varna, 19-21 October 2000;
v Parliamentary Contribution to the Implementation of the Stability Pact
for South-East Europe, Sofia, 2000.
Others:
v Co-Organizer of Ecotopia (Summer
Environmental University) , Bulgaria, 1992, Jointly - Ecogalsnost and European
Youth Forest Action -Foundation.
Personal
page at PACE web-site (English) :
Personal
page at the web-site of National Assembly of Bulgaria, 41-st Legislature
Personal
blog :
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