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

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]

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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.