Blagovest Sendov

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Blagovest Sendov
Благовест Сендов
Sendov in 2015
Bulgarian Ambassador to Japan
In office
2004–2009
Deputy Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
In office
1997–2002
Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
In office
1995–1997
Preceded byAleksandar Yordanov
Succeeded byYordan Sokolov
Personal details
Born(1932-02-08)8 February 1932
Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
Died19 January 2020(2020-01-19) (aged 87)
Occupation • Diplomat
 • Mathematician
 • Politician

Blagovest Hristov Sendov (Bulgarian: Благовест Сендов; 8 February 1932 – 19 January 2020) was a Bulgarian mathematician, diplomat and politician.[1][2]

Early life and education

Sendov was born in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria.[2][3]

Career

Academic

Sendov was the rector of Sofia University, located in Sofia, Bulgaria; and the Chairman of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, also located in Sofia. He had more than 200 publications in fields related to mathematics and computer science.[4][5]

Post-1989 political career

Sendov took part as an

independent in the 1992 Bulgarian presidential election with Ognyan Saparev as his running mate, finishing in 4th place with 2.24% of the votes.[6]

National Assembly of Bulgaria

From 1995 to 1997, he was the chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria; and from 1997 to 2002, he was its deputy chairperson. His candidacy for that position[clarification needed] was supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP). Although never a member of the BCP, Sendov had close ties to former Bulgarian communist dictator Todor Zhivkov.

The rightist

Bulgarian Jews were saved from deportation to concentration camps during World War II
.

Bulgaria ambassador to Japan

Sendov was Bulgarian ambassador to Japan from 2004 to 2009.

Sendov's conjecture

Sendov's name is attached to one of the major unsolved problems in the study of polynomial zeros, Sendov's conjecture (sometimes incorrectly known as Ilieff's conjecture).[4]

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

In 2000 he was elected as a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, an academic institution located in Belgrade, Serbia.

References

  1. ^ Detrez, Raymond (2006). "SENDOV, BLAGOVEST (1932- )". Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria (Historical Dictionaries of Europe, No. 46) (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland; Toronto; Oxford: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 400.
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-85743-366-1
    .
  3. ^ Prodanov et al. 2009, p. 487.
  4. ^ a b Prodanov et al. 2009, p. 488.
  5. ISSN 0021-9045
    .
  6. ^ Prodanov et al. 2009, p. 489.
Books
Prodanov, Vasil; Todorov, Antoniy; Avramov, Yosif; Ivanova, Vanya (2009). Българският парламент и преходът (1st ed.). Sofia: Ciela.
ISBN 978-954-28-0352-2
.

External links
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