Background
Petrova, Dimitrina Gheorghieva was born on January 11, 1957 in Bourgas, Bulgaria. Daughter of Gheorghi D. and Trandafila D. (Sotirova) Petrova.
Petrova, Dimitrina Gheorghieva was born on January 11, 1957 in Bourgas, Bulgaria. Daughter of Gheorghi D. and Trandafila D. (Sotirova) Petrova.
Master of Arts in Bulgarian Studies, University Sofia, Bulgaria, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University Sofia, Bulgaria, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociol Science, University Sofia, Bulgaria, 1993.
Associate professor, U. Sofia, 1982-1985;
chair, Human Rights Project, Sofia, 1992-1996;
member Executive Committee, Human Rights Project, Sofia, since 1996;
executive director, European Roma Rights Center, Budapest, Hungary, since 1996. Regional coordinator International Helsinki Federation, Vienna, Austria, 1994-1995. Chairholder U. Oregon, Eugene, 1995.
Member of advisory board Project on Oversightand Accountability of Security Superior vena cava syndrome, Warsaw, Poland.
Member Parliament, Bulgaria, 1990-1991. Member Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, since 1992, Amnesty International, London, since 1991. Member executive council Ecoglasnost, Sofia, 1989-1992.
Married Todor I. Gheorghiev, May 27, 1978 (divorced August 1983). 1 child, Dafina; married Krassimir I. Kanev, October 10, 1984. 1 child, Vania.