Hristo Smolenov | |
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 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristo Smolenov | |
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
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| Fields | Logics |
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| Website | smolenov |
Hristo Smolenov is a Bulgarian scientist, logician and antiterrorism expert, born 1954 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In 2007 was revealed as associated with the communist secret services.[1]
After graduating from the Moscow State University he became a guest professor at the University of Montreal and at the Catholic University of America in Washington. He is an associate professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.[2][3] As a specialist in logic and methodology of science he has long been involved in creative solutions in non-standard situations.
Smolenov initiated the creation of Independent Society of Ecoglasnost in 1988,[7] which later became a founding member of the umbrella opposition movement Union of Democratic Forces. Between 1995-1997 he was the Parliamentary Secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense. In 1999 Smolenov was elected for MP in the 38th Bulgarian National Assembly.[8]
In 2017 Smolenov was honored with the title Honorary Professor of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy.[9]