Deputy foreign minister Feim Chaoushev resigned on March 24, ten days after a weekly magazine claimed he had identity documents under two different names.
In a media statement, Chaoushev said he resigned over the "massive slander campaign" against him, which targeted him both as a person and as a professional.
Tema magazine accused Chaoushev, appointed from the quota of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), of using two first names, one to do business and one for his political activity.
Under the Bulgarian name of Petar Chaoushev, the one written in his Bulgarian personal identification documents, he is part of the management of the companies Dyuni, Aspo Star, IVG Immobilien Verwaltungs-Gesellschaft and Wilfried Euler – Sofia.
However, the deputy minister did not include his participation in those companies in his assets declaration, since he submitted it under the name of Feim Chaoushev, the name by which he is known to the public and under which his diplomatic passport has been issued.
Chaoushev said he received no remuneration from being on the board of directors of those companies, nor was there any conflict of interest with his position as deputy minister because none of them were involved in foreign policy-making.
MRF hailed his decision to step down, with party leader Ahmed Dogan promising earlier that the issue would be resolved on March 24. Party sources, quoted by Dnevnik daily, claimed Chaoushev would be sacked if he didn't resign.
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