Delyan Peevski

Delyan Slavchev Peevski (Bulgarian: Делян Славчев Пеевски, born 27 July 1980) is a Bulgarian politician and oligarch, sanctioned by the Global Magnitsky Act, by the UK and the United States for corruption, bribery and embezzlement. He is also a former media mogul and has served as Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria since 2009. A member of the DPS party, which he currently leads, Peevski was elected as the Director of the State Agency for National Security in 2013, which triggered long lasting national protests that led to his eventual resignation.

In June 2021 the United States Department of the Treasury designated Peevski, the public official Ilko Zhelyazkov and the Bulgarian oligarch Vasil Bozhkov, along with 64 entities owned and controlled by Bozhkov and Peevski, for their roles in public corruption, pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Simultaneously, UK also sanctioned several high-profile Bulgarian figures, including Peevski, under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations from 2021. Since these sanctions, Peevski has worked closely with representatives of Ukraine to reduce Russia's influence in the energy sector in an attempt to launder his way out of the Magnitsky Act.