Petar Vitanov (politician)

Peter Bojkov Vitanov (Bulgarian: Петър Бойков Витанов, Pet'r Bojkov Vitanov, born 18 April 1982) is a Bulgarian politician and a former member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[3]

This article is about the MEP-elect. For the footballer, see Petar Vitanov.

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Bojkov and the family name is Vitanov.
Petar Vitanov
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Bulgaria
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1982-04-18) 18 April 1982
Sliven
NationalityBulgarian
Political partyBulgarian Socialist Party (Formerly)
Alma materSofia University

Political career

In parliament, Vitanov serves on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Transport and Tourism.[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of parliament's delegations to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee, and to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.[5] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[6]

Political positions

In October 2021, Vitanov initiated a nonbinding resolution in which a majority of the European Parliament called for a ban on police use of facial recognition technology in public places, and on predictive policing.[7]

References
  1. "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. "Европейски парламент :: Европейски парламент 2019". results.cik.bg. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. Petar Vitanov European Parliament.
  5. Petar Vitanov European Parliament.
  6. Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  7. Melissa Heikkilä (October 6, 2021), European Parliament calls for a ban on facial recognition Politico Europe.
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