Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2026).
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Boyko Borissov
Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria on three separate occasions, serving a total of 9 years between 2009 and 2021, making him the country's longest-serving post-communist Prime Minister. A member of the GERB party, which he founded and currently leads, he previously served as Mayor of Sofia from 2005 to 2009. Borisov remains politically active…
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Born 13 June 1959 · Q57775
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2024–2024).
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Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2024).
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2023· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2023–2024).
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2021· 1 entry
Boyko Borisov consistently refused to become an MP
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Republic of Serbia, 2nd class (2019).
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2017· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2017–2017).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2017–2021).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary (2016).
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Prompting a police response with water cannons and rubber bullets, and later a closure of the camp
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2015· 1 entry
The anti-corruption commission under Plamen Georgiev had terminated an investigation into irregularities in Tsvetan Tsvetanov's declared revenue and real estate evaluations
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2014· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2014–2014).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2014–2017).
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2013· 5 entries
Following nationwide protests against the government's energy policy, but after leading GERB to victory in the 2014 general election, he was again named Bulgaria's prime minister
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Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2013–2014).
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Borisov became the oldest person ever to play for a Bulgarian professional club when he appeared for FC Vitosha Bistritsa in the B Group, the second division of Bulgarian football
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2015, and in 2019, both locally and for the European Parliament
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Played for F.C. Vitosha Bistritsa (2013).
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2012· 3 entries
With the aim to reduce the number of smokers from 40% of the population to about 15–20%
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To prospect for fossil fuels in Bulgaria's economic area of the Black Sea
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Bulgaria was ranked as the worst-performing EU member in terms of media freedom, according to Freedom House, and ranked 80th internationally
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2011· 1 entry
Reports surfaced that Borisov had paid cash to journalists to portray him favourably and threatened others who criticized him as early as 2005
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2010· 1 entry
Over failure to reform the health care sector, resulting in delayed payments and salaries
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2009· 2 entries
Defeating the incumbent Socialist Party, and resigned as mayor of Sofia to be sworn in as prime minister
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2009–2013).
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2007· 2 entries
Played for F.C. Vitosha Bistritsa (2007–2012) — 21 appearances, 27 goals.
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Boyko Borisov was accused by the magazine U
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2006· 1 entry
In a leaked memo published by Wikileaks, of facilitating and covering up illegal deals with LUKOIL and trafficking methamphetamines
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2005· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2005–2005).
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Resigned from that post, instead of standing as a candidate in the mayoral election in Sofia
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Career landmark: Mayor of Sofia Capital Municipality (2005–2009).
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2001· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief Secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior (2001–2005).
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1991· 2 entries
Founded a private security company, Ipon-1
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With the rank of major, after formally refusing to renounce his Communist Party membership or "depoliticise"
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1977· 1 entry
Borisov graduated from Bankya High School with excellent grades
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1959· 2 entries
Born 1959-06-13.
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In Bankya (then a village, today a town, part of Stolichna Municipality) to the Ministry of Internal Affairs official Metodi Borisov and elementary school teacher Veneta Borisova
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