They put forward the candidacy of Academician Stefan Vodenicharov for the presidency –

/ world today news/ The chairman of the BAS, Academician Stefan Vodenicharov, will be elevated to the position of president. His candidacy will be officially presented tomorrow.

Academician Vodenicharov headed the BAS in 2012, before that he was at the Institute of Metallurgy, Equipment and Technologies “Academic Angel Balevski”.

The initiative committee, which nominated Vodenicharov’s candidacy, includes the following people: Prof. Valeri Stefanov – literary critic and writer, Academician Georgi Markov – historian, Academician Svetlin Rusev – artist, Prof. Stefan Kirov – Olympic champion, Toma Tomov – journalist, Rusana Stefanova – lawyer. Vodenicharov’s candidacy was also supported by academic Anton Donchev, Asen Oshanov, Angel Simeonov, academic Blagovest Sendov, Branimir Botev, Velichko Minekov, Vladislav Slavov, Veselin Baeva, Ginyo Ganev, Grigoriy Vazov, Georgi Mrkov, Emil Stoychev, Ivo Hadjimishev, Joanna Bukovska, Academician Kiril Boyanov, Academician Krum Damyanov, Margarita Tsanova, Niki Sotirov, Prof. Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Pavel Koychev, Prof. Petar Kirov, Prof. Rupen Krikorian, Bishop Tikhon, Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, Tsveta Markova and others.