Rumen Rashev

Rumen Georgiev Rashev (Bulgarian: Румен Георгиев Рашев; born 26 March 1955) is a Bulgarian politician of the Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) who was the mayor of Veliko Tarnovo between 1999 and 2011. He worked as a doctor in hospital from 1981 to 1997. He is a member of the Freemasonry community. In May 2012, the case was returned for reconsideration by the Supreme Court of Cassation, which sharply criticized the appellate court for politically motivated bias. In October 2013, the Plovdiv Court of Appeals again issued a conviction against Rashev, serving a suspended sentence of 2 years.