Stoyan Ganev

{{Expand Bulgarian|topic=bio|Стоян Ганев|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Stoyan Ganev | image = | image_size = | order = [[President of the United Nations General Assembly]] | term_start = 1992 | term_end = 1993 | predecessor = [[Samir Shihabi]] | successor = [[Rudy Insanally]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1955|7|23}} | birth_place = [[Pazardzhik]], [[Bulgaria]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|7|1|1955|7|23}} | death_place = [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], U.S. | spouse = | native_name_lang = bul | native_name = {{nobold|Стоян Ганев}} }} '''Stoyan Ganev''' ([[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Стоян Ганев; July 23, 1955 – July 1, 2013) was a [[UN]] official, [[Bulgaria]]n diplomat (foreign minister), politician ([[Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|Union of Democratic Forces]]) and jurist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sofiaglobe.com/2013/07/02/bulgarias-former-foreign-minister-stoyan-ganev-dies-at-57/ |title=Bulgaria's former foreign minister Stoyan Ganev dies at 57 |date=2 July 2013 |publisher=The Sofia Globe |access-date=3 July 2013}}</ref>

==Early life== Ganev was born in [[Pazardzhik]].<ref>[https://www.un.org/en/ga/president/bios/bio47.shtml "Elected President of the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly"]</ref> He graduated from the high school in mathematics (1973) and studied at the Faculty of law in the [[Sofia University]] (1979). He defended a thesis on constitutional law at the [[Moscow State University]] (1985).

==Political career== * [[President of the United Nations General Assembly]] (1992 - 1993) * Foreign minister of Bulgaria (November 8, 1991 – December 30, 1992) * Deputy prime minister of Bulgaria (November 8, 1991 – May 20, 1992) * Member of the [[National Assembly of Bulgaria|Bulgarian Parliament]] from [[Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|UDF]] (1990 - 1991, 1992 - 1993) * President of the United Christian Democratic Union (former UDC, October 18, 1992 - May 16, 1993) * Co-president of the United Democratic Center (UDC, April - July, 1990)

Lecturer: * Sofia University, in Constitutional Law (1979 - 1989) * G. Dimitrov Higher Special Institut (now ''Academy of the [[Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)|Ministry of Interior]]'') * [[Konrad Adenauer Foundation]] in [[Germany]], in International politics and law * [[Rotary International]], in International politics and law * [[University of Bridgeport]] * [[New York University]]

Awards: * Gold medal for peace for his contributions to the preservation of peace and security on the planet, the UN (1992) * Great honorable Cross, the Association for the unity of Latin America (1992)

==Death== Ganev died aged 57 on July 1, 2013, in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], [[United States]].

==See also== {{Portal|Bulgaria|Politics}} *[[List of foreign ministers in 1992]] *[[Foreign relations of Bulgaria]] *[[List of Bulgarians]]

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