Oggy Boytchev
Ognian Boytchev( Bulgarian: Огнян Бойчев)( born 22 June 1955), commonly known as Oggy Boytchev is a British journalist and independent producer with more than 20 years experience at the BBC in London.
He has worked as a producer to the BBC World Affairs Editor, John Simpson.
Born in Cherven Briag, Bulgaria, Boytchev defected to Britain in January 1986.
His first job was a newsreader with the Bulgarian Section of the BBC World Service.
He then worked as a foreign duty editor at Radio 4 and a sub editor in the World Service newsroom before moving to BBC Television in 1996.
As a television producer he has worked in more than 40 countries and in the world's main war zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Kosovo.
He worked as John Simpson's producer in Northern Iraq during the war against Saddam Hussein in 2003.
In January 2008, Oggy Boytchev and John Simpson worked undercover in Harare, Zimbabwe in spite of a ban on the BBC by the regime of Robert Mugabe.
Boytchev produced and directed John Simpson's reports from Iran during the street riots in Tehran after the disputed presidential elections in June 2009.
He was arrested during his time in Iran.
He has produced and directed some of John Simpson's interviews with World leaders and some of the editions of Simpson's World.
He has produced and directed news reports and documentaries from Iraq, Afghanistan, South Africa, Iran, Israel, Gaza, the United States, and most recently, in North Africa.
His book' Simpson& I' was published in 2014 ..
Oggy Boytchev's second book' The Unbeliever' – a work of historical fiction based on a real- life Cold War spy who sold secrets to the CIA – was published in 2018 ..
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He represented Argenteuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative.
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Simpson published "The Watchman and Ottawa Valley Advocate".
In 1874, he married Mary Fitzgerald.
He served in the Argenteuil Rangers, retiring at the rank of lieutenant.
Simpson was also master of the local Masonic lodge.
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Simpson was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1897; he ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for a federal seat for Argenteuil in 1900.
He died in Lachute at the age of 49.
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Question: Were William John Simpson and Raymond Marcellin from the same country?
Answer: no