2017 in Bulgaria

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Events in the year 2017 in Bulgaria .

Incumbents

• President: Rosen Plevneliev (until 22 January); Rumen Radev
• Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov (until 27 January); Ognyan Gerdzhikov (until 4 May); Boyko Borisov

Events

• 22 January – Rumen Radev took over as President
• 27 January – Ognyan Gerdzhikov took over as Prime Minister
• 26 March – The 2017 Bulgarian parliamentary election were held, which made Bokyo Borisov Prime Minister. ^[1]
• 13 May – Bulgaria gets 2nd place in The 2017 Eurovision. ^[2]

Deaths

Atanas Kirov

• 25 January – Ivan Pritargov, footballer (b. 1952). ^[3]
• 27 January – Atanas Kirov, weightlifter, three times world champion (b. 1946). ^[4]
• 29 January – Boris Nikolov, boxer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1929). ^[5]
• 15 June – Rumen Nenov, footballer (b. 1969).

References

1. "IPU PARLINE database: BULGARIA (Narodno sabranie), Last elections". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
2. "Eurovision 2017 Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov - "Beautiful Mess"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
3. "Публикувано във факти.бг: Почина голмайсторът на ЦСКА Иван Притъргов". Fakti (in Bulgarian). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
4. "Почина легендата във вдигането на тежести Атанас Киров". dnes.dir.bg (in Bulgarian). 27 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
5. "Почина първият български олимпийски медалист Борис Георгиев – Моката". pan.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 1 February 2017.