Mustafa Sali Karadayi (Bulgarian: Мустафа Сали Карадайъ, Turkish: Mustafa Sali Karadayı) is a Turkish Bulgarian politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria since 2013. Throughout his tenure, he also served as the leader of his party, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), from 2016 to 2023.[1]
Mustafa Karadayi | |
|---|---|
Мустафа Карадайъ | |
 Karadayi in 2017 | |
| Leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms | |
| In office 24 April 2016 – 7 November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Lyutvi Mestan |
| Succeeded by | Delyan Peevski Dzhevdet Chakarov |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2013 | |
| Constituency | 22nd MMC – Smolyan (2013-2017) 9th MMC – Kardzhali (2017-2021) 30th MMC – Shumen (2021-present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mustafa Sali Karadayı 8 May 1970 Borino, PR Bulgaria |
| Political party | DPS (since 1991) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of National and World Economy |
| Occupation | Politician |
Personal life
editMustafa Karadayi is married and has two children.[citation needed]
He graduated from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria.[citation needed]
Academic career
editFrom 1996 to 2001 he was a professor of Informatics at New Bulgarian University.[citation needed]
Political career
editHe is the founder of the Academic Society of MFR in Sofia and a member of the MRF since May 1991.[citation needed] He founded the youth wing of MRF and chaired it from 1998 to 2003.[citation needed] From 2002 to 2010 he was deputy executive director of the Agency for Post-Privatization Control.[citation needed]
Secretary of the Central Election Commission.
Since 2010, Karadayi was the organizational secretary of the Central Operative Bureau (COB) MRF.
Karadayi was elected to the Bulgarian parliament in 2013.[2]
Since 24 December 2015 he was one of three co-chairs of the interim MRF to IX National Conference of the party after Lyutvi Mestan was expelled.[1]
Karadayi announced that he no longer wanted to be the chairman of the party and officially announced his resignation in 7 November 2023.[3]
Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms
editOn 24 April 2016 he was unanimously elected chairman of the MRF by the IX National Conference of the party.[1]
Karadayi announced his resignation as the chairman on 7 November 2023
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mustafa Karadayi Elected Chair of Bulgaria's DPS". novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "National Assembly archive". National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Mustafa Karadayi resigns as leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms". 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-12-18.