# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veselin-metodiev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:27:29.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veselin-metodiev"
name: "Veselin Metodiev"
slug: "veselin-metodiev"
description: "Veselin Metodiev Petrov is a Bulgarian politician, member of Parliament & deputy chairman of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education from 1997 until 1999 under Prime Minister Ivan Kostov."
tagline: "Bulgarian historian and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veselin_metodiev.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1957-11-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           33.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.268178666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesselin_Metodiew"
    title: "Wesselin Metodiew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "فيسيلين ميتودييف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Веселин Методиев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Metodiev"
    title: "Veselin Metodiev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weselin_Metodiew"
    title: "Weselin Metodiew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7923171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump