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Krasimir Karakachanov

Politician

Krasimir Karakachanov is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Krasimir Dončev Karakačanov · Krasimir Karakachanov · Krasimir Karakaczanow · Krasimir Karakatšanov · Krasimir Karakaçanov · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Krasimir Donchev Karakachanov · Krasimir Donczew Karakaczanow · Krasimir Karakachanov · Krasimir Karakaczanow · Krassimir Dontschew Karakatschanow · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	克拉西米尔·卡拉卡恰诺夫 · 克拉西米爾·卡拉卡恰諾夫				[sources]
Birth date	1965-03-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Ruse				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Bulgaria				[sources]
Country	Bulgaria				[sources]
Citizenship	Bulgaria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Krasimir · Krassimir				[sources]
Political association	VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q763173				[sources]
Position	Collaborator of the Bulgarian State Security · Minister of Defense of Bulgaria (2017-2021) · National Assembly (member, 2005-2008) · National Assembly (member, 2005-2009) · National Assembly (member, 2017-2017) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Sofia University · South-West University "Neofit Rilski"				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Bulgarian historian and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Doncho Karakachanov Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Collaborator of the Bulgarian State Security	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,728

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,936

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,411

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata355,710

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,304

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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