Levent Orhan Memish
Positions
Birth Date: 03/07/1985 gr. Silistra, Bulgaria
| National Assembly: | Elected with: | Participation in Parliamentary Groups: | Profession: | Languages: | Constituency: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 National Assembly | "Movement for Rights and Freedoms – MRF" 17.06% | Parliamentary Group "Movement for Rights and Freedoms" (19.06.2024–11.07.2024); Non-members of Parliamentary Groups (11.07.2024–11.11.2024) | 20-СИЛИСТРА | ||
| 51 National Assembly | "ALLIANCE FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM – ARF" 7.48% | Parliamentary Group "Alliance for Rights and Freedoms" | Economist | English, Turkish | 20-СИЛИСТРА |
Public record
Compiled from publications and official records as of 19.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.
Communist Party and State Security
- His father – a State Security agent. Orhan Tahir Memish, born in Silistra, a member of the Grand National Assembly, was recruited on 05.10.1977 by Tsvetan Nikolov as an agent of the Shumen District Directorate of the Interior Ministry (State Security), alias Etien, and was taken off the register in 1990. The Dossier Commission declared his affiliation in Decision No. 14, on its check of members of parliament. His work file IR-803 was destroyed under protocols of March 1990. Wikipedia, citing BNR, gives him as the father. — Dossier Commission, Decision No. 14/04.09.2007, Wikipedia (Bulgarian)
- His father – a Komsomol secretary, later chief of staff to Dogan. Agentibg.com writes that Orhan Memish was first secretary of the DKMS municipal committee in the village of Sitovo and for a time chief of staff to DPS leader Ahmed Dogan. According to the same site, in autumn 2013, under the Oresharski government, he became director of the Labour Office in Silistra. There is no other confirmation of the post with Dogan. — agentibg.com, 11.02.2015
Russia
- His father – manager of Turkish firms trading with the USSR. Agentibg.com states that Orhan Memish later ran a private business as a manager of such firms. There is no other source, and no sanctions or investigation have been found. — agentibg.com, 11.02.2015
Other
- Deputy Minister of Economy, Investment and Industry. By order of Prime Minister Rumen Radev, on 22.06.2026 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economy, Investment and Industry, Mediapool.bg reports. Klub Z writes that, according to unofficial information, he had expressed disagreement with the actions of APS and gradually distanced himself from Dogan's party. No report of his dismissal up to October 2026 has been found. — Mediapool.bg, 22.06.2026
- Expelled by Peevski, elected with APS on Dogan's side. In the 50th National Assembly he was expelled by Delyan Peevski after taking Ahmed Dogan's side in the DPS split, Mediapool.bg writes. In the 51st National Assembly he was elected from the APS list in Silistra and, according to Dir.bg, joined its leadership when it was founded as a party. Klub Z adds that he was not a candidate in the following elections. — Mediapool.bg, 22.06.2026
Source: profile at parliament.bg (19.10.2026). Photo: parliament.bg.
50th National Assembly: profile at parliament.bg (22.10.2026).
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