Anastasia Dimitrova-Moser
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n politician of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union also tiranslated to English as Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union is a political party devoted to representing the causes of the Bulgarian peasantry. It was most powerful between 1900 and 1923. In practice, it was an agrarian movement...
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Dimitrova was born on 30 June 1937 in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
as the daughter of agrarian politician G. M. Dimitrov
G. M. Dimitrov
Georgi Mihov Dimitrov , known as Gemeto to distinguish him from Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov, was a Bulgarian politician, a leading figure of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union in the 1930s and 1940s and an opponent of Nazism and communism alike.G. M...
. In May 1945 her father was exiled from the country and lived in the United States
United States
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, but Dimitrova remained in Bulgaria and was continuously exerted pressure on by the communist authorities
Bulgarian Communist Party
The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
. She was asked to renounce her father several times and upon her refusal was expelled from high school and had to finish as a private student.
At age 25, she was allowed, to an extent as a propaganda
Propaganda
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move, to leave for the United States and live with her family. Living in the USA since 1962, she received a bachelor's degree in French studies
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
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and a doctor's degree in Romance studies
Romance studies
Romance studies is an umbrella academic discipline that covers the study of the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak a Romance language. Romance studies departments usually include the study of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese...
from The George Washington University.
After her graduation she worked as a doctor of Romance studies at The George Washington University (1966–1972) and at the World Bank
World Bank
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. In 1972, she was employed by the Center for Hellenic Studies
Center for Hellenic Studies
The Center for Hellenic Studies is a research institute for classics located in Washington, D.C. at 3100 NW Whitehaven Street. It is affiliated with Harvard University....
as an administrative worker. Between 1987 and 1992, she worked at the US branch of the International Institute for Strategic Studies
International Institute for Strategic Studies
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and as a Voice of America
Voice of America
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journalist. From 1972 on, she was a member of the Bulgarian National Committee in the United States, founded by her father.
Dimitrova returned to Bulgaria in 1992 (after the Revolutions of 1989
Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989 were the revolutions which overthrew the communist regimes in various Central and Eastern European countries.The events began in Poland in 1989, and continued in Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and...
had made it a democratic country) and joined the country's political life. She founded and headed the conservative agrarian party Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union–People's Union from 1992 to 1997. She has been a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
National Assembly of Bulgaria
The National Assembly of Bulgaria is the unicameral parliament and body of the legislative of the Republic of Bulgaria.The National Assembly of Bulgaria was established in 1879 with the Constitution of Bulgaria.-Ordinary National Assembly:...
's 37th—40th sessions, from 1995 until today. The chairwoman of the People's Agrarian Flag newspaper, she is a vice-chairperson
Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
The Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria presides the Bulgarian Parliament...
of the current (40th) National Assembly.
Dimitrova was married to the late Dr Charles Moser, a reader of Bulgarian and Slavic studies at the American University in Bulgaria
American University in Bulgaria
American University in Bulgaria is a private, selective, residential liberal arts university located in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Courses are taught in English by high-quality faculty coming from four continents, experienced in teaching in a multicultural, learner-centered environment...
, Blagoevgrad
Blagoevgrad
Blagoevgrad is а city in southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Province, with a population of about 74,302 . It lies on the banks of the Blagoevgradska Bistritsa River....
. They have a daughter married in the United States. Dimitrova is fluent in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
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