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I believe this article should not be deleted because I have provided enough evidence and references to support it. The article is written in a neutral and an unbiased manner, it provides further information about an individual, who is a well-known public figure in his field. If you wish to modify and change the content, please do. However, deleting it would be a disservice to Wikipedia and the public. Thank you.

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Hello Mr. Bradbury, as a matter of fact, the article was written in English first. However since the individual is Bulgarian and many of the references and links are in Bulgarian, it made sense to be written in Bulgarian as well. Both pages (In English and in Bulgarian) are similar and cover the same information. This is just to cover all bases. In English, the name of the person "Златко Живков" is written "Zlatko Zhivkov". Thank you

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Orlianrow, please replace the Bulgarian text in the article with the English text. To learn how to format your citations properly, please see User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners. Schazjmd (talk) 17:44, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Zlatko Sofroniev Zhivkov is a Bulgarian politician, member of the Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria), mayor of the Municipality of Montana from October 1999 to November 2023, former history teacher at Yordan Radichkov High School Montana 1985-1993, Director of Yordan Radichkov High School Montana 1993-1997, and head of the Education Inspectorate of the Ministry of Education and Science in Montana 1997-1999. Zhivkov was elected mayor of Montana in 1999 and re-elected in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019 ^[10]

Biography

Zhivkov was born on November 5, 1959 in Montana, in the family of a seamstress and factory worker. ^[15] Raised in the village of Trifonovo, located 8 km from Montana. ^[18] He has a master's degree in history from Veliko Tarnovo University and he specialized in "History of Bulgarian Revival" from Sofia University. In 1985 he became a history teacher at Yordan Radichkov High School in Montana, and later a director of the same high school in 1993. From 1997 to 1999 Zhivkov was head of the Education Inspectorate of the Ministry of Education and Science in the Montana district. He ran for mayor in 1999 and won as a candidate for Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria). Since 2003, Zhivkov is independent and in his last candidacy, he was endorsed by Union of Democratic Forces, GERB, Bulgarian New Democracy, IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement and Agrarian People's Union. Bulgarian prime minister and founding chairman of GERB, Boyko Borisov, personally endorsed him in a video. ^{[7] [8] [10] [17]}

In 2019, Zhivkov was also awarded "Mayor of the Year" ^[4] and re-elected for his 6th consecutive term with 15,721 votes, 71.75% of all elected, which is his highest support yet. ^{[5] [9]} Zhivkov has two children with his wife Albena, Antina and Orlin. ^{[13] [14]} In addition to his native Bulgarian, he speaks Russian fluently. Despite sharing a last name, Zlatko Zhivkov has no relations with People's Republic of Bulgaria leader Todor Zhivkov.

Political activity

As mayor he has been managing the city municipality for six terms from the period 1999 to 2023. Zhivkov has been Deputy Chairman of NAMRB Managing Board from 2007 to 2011. He was also Member of NAMRB Managing Board from 2015 to 2019. He is currently a Member of the European Committee of Regions and has been since 2007 and Member of CoR Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture and Commission for Economic Policy.^[6] Zhivkov is the Chairman of the Managing Board of the Regional Development Agency and Business Centre 2000 – Montana and also a member of the Rotary Club - Montana.^[3] Despite his longest tenure as a mayor of a major Bulgarian city, Zhivkov is most known as the financial supporter of all sports activities in Montana, including football club FC Montana, basketball team WBV Montana 2003 and Montana's volleyball team, all playing nationwide. While studying in Veliko Tarnovo, Zhivkov played football alongside Bulgarian football legends Krasimir Balakov and now-deceased Trifon Ivanov. ^[13]

References

1. ^ "Zlatko Zhivkov - The Undisputed". // In "Trud", October 28, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

2. ^ "Bulgaria, local elections 2019: Second attempt" (in English). www.themayor.eu. November 3, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

3. ^ "Zlatko Zhivkov" (in English). namrb.org. November 3, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

4. ^ "The mayor of Montana is 'Mayor of the Year.'" // In "Darik Radio", September 18, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

5. ^ "Local elections in Bulgaria in 2019: Clear winners in nine competitions for mayor of the city, question mark in Varna" (in English) sofiaglobe.com. October 28, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

6. ^ "Mayor of the Municipality of Montana" (in English). cor.europa.eu. Retrieved on June 27, 2020

7. ^ "GERB and UDF with a joint candidacy for mayor of Montana". // In "BTV News", September 3, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

8. ^ "UDF and GERB nominated Zlatko Zhivkov for a record sixth term as mayor of Montana". // In Mediannews, September 3, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

9. ^ "Zlatko Zhivkov received the biggest award for his sixth term". // In "24 hours", October 28, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

10. ^ ["Mayors of Montana"]. // In Wikipedia. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

11. ^ ["FC Montana"] (in English). In Wikipedia. Retrieved on June 27, 2020

12. ^ ["Montana"]. // In Wikipedia. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

13. ^ "The Mayor of Montana Zlatko Zhivkov - The Record holder". // In "Trud", February 13, 2018. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

14. ^ "The man next to the mayor - the secret weapon in politics (Part II)". // In "Kmeta.bg", January 23. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

15. ^ "Zlatko Zhivkov Mayor of Montana realized". // In "Focus Radio", August 6. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

16. ^ "Zlatko Zhivkov, Mayor of Montana: I hope for a year without elections to integrate his work!". // In "Epicenter", December 31, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

17. ^ "For the sixth time Zlatko Zhivkov is looking to be the mayor of Montana". // In "News.bg", September 3, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

18. ^ "A new church in the municipality of Montana has opened its doors to believers". // In "BNR Radio Vidin", May 13, 2019. Retrieved on June 27, 2020.

Sources

1. ^ Official website of Montana

2. ^ Interview after the election victory, 2019

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