Ivo Hristov

{{short description|Bulgarian politician in the European Parliament}} {{Expand Bulgarian|topic=bio|Иво Христов (журналист)|date=June 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{family name hatnote|Hristov|Petkov|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Infobox MEP | honorific_prefix = | name = | honorific_suffix = | party = [[Progressive Bulgaria|PB]] (since 2026) | native_name = {{nobold|Иво Христов}} | native_name_lang = bul | image = File:Ivo Hristov Petkov.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2026 | office = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] | alongside = [[Galab Donev]], [[Atanas Pekanov]] and [[Aleksandur Pulev]] | term_start = 8 May 2026 | term_end = | prime_minister = [[Rumen Radev]] | constituency_MP1 = [[Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)|Bulgaria]] | term_start1 = 2 July 2019 | term_end1 = 15 July 2024 | parliament1 = European | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|10|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] | death_date = | death_place = | other_party = [[Bulgarian Socialist Party|BSP]] (until 2026) | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Sofia University]] | occupation = [[Journalist]] • [[Translator]] • [[Politician]] | profession = | website = }} '''Ivo Hristov''' ([[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Иво Христов Петков, born 8 October 1970) is a Bulgarian politician who was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in [[2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.cik.bg/ep2019/mandati/index.html|title=Европейски парламент :: Европейски парламент 2019|website=results.cik.bg|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref> In 2022, he joined the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of [[Pegasus (spyware)|Pegasus]] and equivalent surveillance [[spyware]].<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/documents/PRIORITY_INFO/558/Composition%20nominative%20des%20commissions%20PEGA%20COVI%20ING2_24.03.2022_EN.pdf Members of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware] [[European Parliament]].</ref><ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220321IPR25923/parliament-names-meps-to-sit-on-three-new-committees Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees] [[European Parliament]], press release of 24 March 2022.</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197846/IVO_HRISTOV/history/9 Profile on European Parliament website]

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