Muravey Radev

Muravey Radev
Personal details
Born (1947-05-06) 6 May 1947
ProfessionPolitician

Muravey Georgiev Radev (Bulgarian: Муравей Георгиев Радев) (born 6 May 1947) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Minister of Finance in the Kostov government between 1997 and 2001.[1]

Life

Born in Sofia, Radev completed his university studies in Varna, specializing in the economics of industry. In the 1990s, he became a member of the UDF. He has been elected to three National Parliaments.[2]

In 2004, he was one of the founders (alongside Ivan Kostov) of the DSB.[3]

Radev is married and has two children.[4]

Allegations of corruption and abuse of power

In 2002, Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General initiated investigations into several high-profile ministers, including former Finance Minister Muravey Radev, on suspicion of corruption or abuse of office. Justice Minister Anton Stankov on 27 June, 2002, accused the Prosecutor-General Nikola Filchev of persecuting Radev for political ends. No subsequent developments — such as official charges, trials, convictions, or substantiated findings — followed, as the Prosecutor-General was changed.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Рожденици - Муравей Радев" (in Bulgarian). banker.bg. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "Профил на Муравей Радев в "omda" (in Bulgarian). omda.bg. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "Муравей Радев: Министерство на финансите" (in Bulgarian). minfin.bg. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  4. ^ "Профил на Муравей Радев в "personi" (in Bulgarian). personi.dir.bg. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "Former finance minister Radev investigated for corruption and abuse of power". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved September 2, 2025.