The Blue Coalition was a centre-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria,whose members were the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS),Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) and three smaller parties. The members of the European Parliament elected on the coalition's list sat with the group of the European People's Party.
Tsvetan Genchev Tsvetanov is a Bulgarian politician and former government official. He served as the chairman of the GERB party until 2009. On 8 July 2009,following his party's victory in the 2009 parliamentary election,he was designated by de facto party leader Boyko Borisov as the future Minister of the Interior.
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 12 May 2013,two months ahead of schedule. Protests had forced the resignation of the GERB government in February,leading to the election being moved up.
Maya Bozhidarova Manolova is a Bulgarian politician and the leader of the political movement Stand Up.BG,part of the Stand Up! Mafia,get out! coalition. She was formerly the vice-chairperson as well as a deputy in the Bulgarian National Assembly,as well National Ombudsman of Bulgaria.
Angel Chavdarov Dzhambazki,born 21 March 1979 in Sofia,is a Bulgarian nationalist politician and member of the European Parliament. He is also a co-chairman of VMRO,having joined the nationalist party's youth organization in 1997 and gradually progressed through its ranks.
Georgi Gervanov Ananiev was a Bulgarian politician who served as Minister of Defence in the Kostov government between 1997 and 1999.
Antonio Ananiev is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 6 November 2016,alongside a referendum on changes to the electoral system and political party funding. The second round was held on 13 November 2016,resulting in the victory of Rumen Radev.
The 2024 European Parliament election in Bulgaria will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This will be the fifth parliamentary election since Bulgaria’s EU accession in 2007,and the first to take place after Brexit. Bulgaria will simultaneously hold a separate parliamentary election on the same day.
The first round of the local elections for mayors and municipal councilors on both the local and provincial level in Bulgaria were held on 27 October 2019. The second round of the election took place on 3 November,as per the decree signed by the President of Bulgaria. 6,227,901 Bulgarians were included on the voter lists and were eligible to vote,a 136,000 voter reduction compared to the 2015 local elections.
Democratic Bulgaria was an electoral alliance in Bulgaria formed by three political parties –Yes,Bulgaria!,Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria and The Greens on 12 April 2018. In February 2023 the coalition merged into PP-DB.
There Is Such a People is a populist political party in Bulgaria established by Bulgarian singer,TV host and politician Slavi Trifonov. Self-described as a "political product",the party is named after one of Trifonov's own musical albums.
Republicans for Bulgaria is a Bulgarian political party formed as a split from GERB by Tsvetan Tsvetanov,formerly the second most senior official in the ruling GERB party,after he was demoted from his positions by GERB leader and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The party's abbreviation (RB) is an allusion to the defunct rightist Reformist Bloc coalition.
Stand Up.BG or Stand Up Bulgaria is a Bulgarian non-governmental organization and political party which was founded by Maya Manolova on December 6,2019.
Volt Bulgaria is a social-liberal political party in Bulgaria. It is the Bulgarian branch of Volt Europa,a political movement that operates on a European level. It is currently part of the centrist electoral coalition We Continue the Change.
We Continue the Change,sometimes translated as Change Continues,is a centrist,anti-corruption political party and formerly an electoral alliance in Bulgaria led by Kiril Petkov and Asen Vasilev,two former caretaker ministers. It was founded ahead of the November 2021 election. The party was officially registered on 15 April.
The Left! is a Bulgarian centre-left to left-wing political coalition established on 12 February 2023. The members of the coalition are Alternative for Bulgarian Revival,Movement 21,Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski",Bulgarian Progressive Line,Georgi Kadiev's Normal State and BSP splinter faction led by Valeri Zhablyanov. Stand Up.BG,led by Maya Manolova,was part of the coalition until April 2024.
Bozhidar Plamenov Bozhanov is a Bulgarian programmer,entrepreneur and politician from the Yes Bulgaria! party. He is the Minister of e-Government from 13 December 2021 to 2 August 2022. He is a member of the XLVIII National Assembly and the XLIX National Assembly.
Lena Zdravkova Borislavova is a Bulgarian lawyer and politician from We Continue the Change. She served as the head of the political cabinet in the government of Kiril Petkov.
Silvi Kirilov is a Bulgarian doctor and politician. He is a member of the XLV,XLVI and XLVII National Assemblies.
