Cablegate: Nomination for Anastasia Georgieva Moser As A

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SUBJECT: NOMINATION FOR ANASTASIA GEORGIEVA MOSER AS A
WOMAN OF COURAGE

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1. (U) Post nominates Anastasia Georgieva Moser for the 2008
Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Woman of

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Courage (IWOC) for her personal sacrifices to advance the
democratic process in Bulgaria. Moser emigrated to the U.S.
in 1962 to be reunited her father, Georgi M. Dimitrov, a
famous pre-war leader of the agrarian movement and a fierce
opponent of the communist takeover of Bulgaria who was exiled
from the country after the Second World War. In 1994, she
reluctantly gave up her U.S. citizenship to return to
Bulgaria during a time of political transition and economic
hardship to run for the Parliament. When she returned to
Bulgaria, she led the agrarian movement and partnered with
traditional democrats in parliamentary elections, wining 18
seats in Parliament (6.8%). Her contribution to Bulgarian
politics has been to encourage political collaboration and
coalitions, and to promote traditional democratic values such
as private property, anti-communism, and repubicanism. As a
leading figure in Bulgaria's post-communist transition to
democracy, she remains a powerful role model for political
leadership.

2. (U) Seen as the heir to a tradition of agrarian activism
and democratic reform, she is often sought after as a
coalition partner for center-right parties, despite her
party's waning political influence. In recent years, the
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-People's Union (BANU-PU)
has split and now enjoys minimal political support.
Nonetheless, Moser retains her personal influence and status,
being seen as a honest, principled politician respected by
all parties. Currently, she serves as the Deputy Speaker of
Parliament on a rotational basis and often plays the role as
mediator in political disputes. Throughout her career, she
has consistently appealed to the center-right parties to join
a common platform. Moser is supportive of the U.S. position
on most foreign policy issues and has always been open to
contact with the Embassy.

3. (U) Her impressive resume includes positions as a
Collaborator at the World Bank, Administrator at the Center
for Helleni Studies, and Member of the Bulgarian National
Cmmittee, USA. She has held key leadership positios as the
Secretary General of the BANU-Nikola Petov Party,

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Co-Chairman of the coalition of the Peple's Union-NZNS
party, and Deputy Chair of the omen's section to the
European Christian Democraic Union. She has been a member
of parliament snce her return in 1994. She holds a BA. and
Ph.D in Frenh Philology from Georgetown University.
4. (U) Her personal and contact information is asfollows:

NAME: Anastasia Georgieve Moser
TITL/ASSOCIATION: MP, Vice Chairman
DATE OF BIRTH: Jne 30, 1937
COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Bulgaria
CITIZENSIP: Bulgarian
ADDRESS/TELEPHONE/EMAIL:2 Narodno abranie Sq 1169 Sofia,
Bulgaria, tel. ( 359 2) 91 41 49, fax. ( 359 2) 987 55 21,
pgns@n14.parliment.bg

5. (U) Although, Moser's political party does not hold the
same prominent position that it enjoyed in the past, Post
believes that her historical contributions merit recognition.

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