Name: Vigenin, Kristian.

Political Group: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D).
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Party: Coalition for Bulgaria

Country: Bulgaria.

Constituency: Bulgaria.

Date of Latest Election: 2009.

Committees: Chairman, Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly; Member, Conference of Delegation Chairmen; Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs; Substitute, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; Member, Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee; Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

Political Career: Member, Committee on European Integration and Foreign Secretary of the Coalition for Bulgaria Parliamentary Group of (BSP) since 2005; Secretary, Supreme Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party since 2002; Head of the Foreign Affairs and International Relations Department of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) since 2002; Member, Executive Bureau of the Supreme Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party since 2001; Member, Supreme Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party since 2000; Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly; Observer in the European Parliament 2005-2006; Political Expert, Foreign Affairs and International Relations Department of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) 2001-2002; Senior Expert, European Integration Department, National Customs Agency, Ministry of Finance 1999-2001; Member, Executive Bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party; Secretary and Vice-Chairman, Bulgarian Socialist Youth 1994-2000; Councillor in the Poduene area, Municipality of Sofia 1995-1999.

Education: Traineeship at the European Parliament, PSE Group, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy 2003; John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Program on International Leadership and Economic Development 2001; University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Master's Degree in International Rlations and Macroeconomics 1998; 91st German Language School, Secondary Education 1993.

Affiliations: Chairman, Management Board of the CSKA Chess Club since 2006; Chairman, Management Board of the Solidarity Association 1999-2006.

Born: 12 June 1975, Sofia.