Bozhidar Bozhanov | |
|---|---|
Божидар Божанов | |
| Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2022 | |
| Constituency | 23rd MMC - Sofia |
| Minister of Electronic Governance | |
| In office 13 December 2021 –2 August 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Kiril Petkov |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Georgi Todorov |
| Leader of Yes,Bulgaria! | |
| Assumed office 27 April 2025 ServingwithIvaylo Mirchev | |
| Preceded by | Hristo Ivanov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 19,1987 |
| Political party | Yes,Bulgaria! |
| Education | University of London |
| Occupation | Politician |
Bozhidar Plamenov Bozhanov (19 August 1987,Burgas,Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian programmer, [1] entrepreneur [2] politician and co-leader of the Yes Bulgaria! [3] party. He is the Minister of Electronic Governance from 13 December 2021 to 2 August 2022. He is a member of the 47th,48th,49th,50th,and the 51st National Assembly. [4]
Bozhidar Bozhanov was born on 19 August,1987 in Burgas,and grew up in Dimitrovgrad. [5] In 2006,he graduated from the mathematical high school in Dimitrovgrad,and in 2011,he completed his studies in computer and information systems at Goldsmiths College,part of the University of London. Following that,he worked as a software engineer in Sofia and Amsterdam. [5] [6]
He is involved with the non-governmental organization “Obshtestvo.bg”,which promotes e-government. In 2015–2016,he served as an advisor on these matters to deputy prime minister Rumyana Bachvarova in the second government of Boyko Borissov. [5] In early 2017,he was among the founders of Yes Bulgaria! [3] and was elected as a member of its Executive Council. [7]
In 2021 Bozhanov actively participated in several election campaigns of the coalition Democratic Bulgaria,which includes Yes Bulgaria!. As a result,he was elected as an MP to the 47th National Assembly in the November elections. [8] [9] On December 13,he became one of the representatives of “Democratic Bulgaria” in the coalition government led by Kiril Petkov,where he headed the newly established Ministry of Electronic Governance. [10]
In February 2025,Bozhanov voluntarily renounced his parliamentary immunity and on 27 March he was charged with malfeasance in connection with a public procurement from the time he was a minister. [11] It is part of a campaign by the caretaker Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov against leaders of the opposition coalition “We Continue the Change –Democratic Bulgaria”. [11] At the same time,Bozhanov became one of the candidates for a new chairman of “Yes,Bulgaria!”after the withdrawal of the party's founder,Hristo Ivanov. [12]
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