Solomon Passy

Dr Solomon Passy, as Foreign Minister, successfully negotiated & signed Bulgaria’s memberships both, to NATO and EU.  He also served as UN Security Council Chairman and OSCE Chairman-in-Office. In August 1990 as an MP he initiated Bulgaria’s accession to NATO (and subsequently to EU) along with the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact.  His Parliamentary speech, the first in the world documented appeal for NATO’s enlargement delivered in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, preceding the dissolution of the USSR. To secure these goals Solomon founded the Atlantic Club as an NGO arm — the only pro-NATO organisation to have ever operated on Warsaw Pact territory. In his diverse career he served also as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committees on Defence, Foreign Affairs and Security and was chair of the Transparency & Accountability committee of OSCE PA. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Logic and Computer Science. For their contribution to Bulgaria’s Antarctic presence, Peak Passy and Atlantic Club Ridge are named after them on Livingston Island, Antarctica. In 2021 he and the Atlantic Club initiated the NASA-supported annual program “Hello Space! Bulgaria calling!”, talking live to the International Space Station. In 2008 Solomon and Gergana Passy initiated the universal GSM charger – currently in use all over EU and beyond. For this achievement they were honored with the National “Distinguished Bulgarians” award by 24 Hours daily. Dr. Passy has been awarded numerous state orders by Italy, Spain, France, Portugal.