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18-626: After President Rosen Plevneliev invited the Bulgarian Socialist Party to form a government, the BSP nominated Plamen Oresharski to head the government and was joined by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms . The Council of Ministers was approved by the 120 members of the BSP and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, while GERB's 97 MPs voted against the government and Ataka's 23 MPs were absent from

36-630: A caretaker government on 13 March 2013, with Marin Raykov , the Bulgarian ambassador in Paris as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2013, due to the prolonged protests against the involvement of oligarchy in politics and the government, Plevneliev organised the 'Dialogue with citizens' initiative, which involved three debates, focused on market economy, the judicial system and media freedom. Plevneliev advocates for closer relations between Bulgaria and

54-592: A chief of the National Security State Agency. The protests have ended with the government's resignation. On 27 June, Tsvetlin Yovchev (BSP) is appointed as deputy Prime Minister, and Daniela Bobeva (BSP) is appointed deputy Prime Minister and minister of economic development. Following her recent election to the European Parliament, Iskra Mihaylova steps down as minister of the environment and

72-730: A public statement, proposing that Bulgaria's EU and NATO membership be included in the Constitution of Bulgaria . In January 2014 the tax authorities launched an investigation on President Rosen Plevneliev and his relatives. This action was perceived as politically motivated assault by the Oresharski Government . Other reformist members of the Boyko Borisov government were also subject to such investigations. Pravets Pravets or Pravetz ( Bulgarian : Правец , also transliterated as Pravec , pronounced [ˈpravɛt͡s] )

90-627: Is a town in Pravets Municipality in central western Bulgaria , located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the capital Sofia . Pravets is home town of Pravetz computers . Pravets has a population of 4,512 people. Mountains surround it, which allows for a mild climate with rare winds. In the outskirts there is an artificial lake used for fishing and recreation. The town is the birthplace of Bulgaria's longtime communist president Todor Zhivkov . The first microprocessor factory in Bulgaria

108-525: Is succeeded by Stanislav Anastasov (DPS). The government survived three vote of no-confidences as of early 2014. The third vote was tabled by the opposition due to alleged mismanaging of refugees from the Syrian civil war and a failure to curb crime. Out of 217 voting MPs, the governing coalition voted to support the administration with 116 votes. In all, the government survived 5 votes of no-confidence before voluntarily resigning. Following an agreement from

126-599: The People's Republic of China . Plevneliev has frequently criticized the immigration policy in the UK set by the former Prime Minister, David Cameron . By appointing the Bliznashki Government on 6 August 2014, Plevneliev has become the first President of Bulgaria to appoint more than one caretaker government . In October 2022, Rosen Plevneliev was invited by GERB to become head of a contact group for cabinet talks, formed by

144-714: The 4th President of Bulgaria from 2012 to 2017. Affiliated with the GERB party, he previously served as Minister of Regional Development and Public Works from 2009 to 2011. Rosen Plevneliev was born in Gotse Delchev . His mother, Slavka Plevnelieva, was a teacher, and his father, Asen Plevneliev, was an activist of the Communist Party . He relocated to Blagoevgrad alongside his parents when he turned 10 years old. His family descended from Bulgarian refugees from southern Macedonia who resettled from today's village of Petrousa in

162-506: The Communist regime. As a result of the 2013 Bulgarian protests against monopoly and high electricity prices, the conservative government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov tendered its resignation on 20 February 2013. President Plevneliev, acting in accordance with the constitution, offered a mandate to form a new government within the term of the current Parliament to GERB , BSP and DPS but after each of them declined, Plevneliev appointed

180-728: The Minister of Environment Nona Karadzhova. He was announced as GERB 's candidate for President of Bulgaria on 4 September 2011. He subsequently won the presidential election in a second round held on 30 October 2011, with a majority of 52.58% of the vote. He defeated Ivaylo Kalfin from the Bulgarian Socialist Party in the second round. He took the presidential oath on 19 January 2012 and officially took over from his predecessor Georgi Parvanov on 22 January 2012. Among his priorities are administrative reforms, energy efficiency and energy independence and removing of ambassadors of Bulgaria in foreign countries who have served as secret agents during

198-542: The municipality of Prosotsani in Drama regional unit , Greek Macedonia , in 1913. The Plevneliev family name refers to the Bulgarian name of the village Petroussa , Plevnya (Плевня, "barn"). Plevneliev studied at Blagoevgrad Mathematical and Natural Sciences High School, from which he graduated in 1982. In 1989 he graduated from the Higher Mechanical-Electrotechnical Institute , Sofia , and in

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216-540: The party. He accepted the invitation. The contact group held meetings with all the pro-European and democratic forces within the 48th National Assembly. However the negotiations ended with no agreement reached. A year later, in September 2023, Plevneliev along with the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria Solomon Passy and a number of other opinion leaders and public figures issued

234-683: The same year become a fellow at the Institute for Microprocessing Technology, Pravets . While studying in the university, he was a Komsomol member of the Bulgarian Communist Party . After the political changes , in 1990, Plevneliev started a private building company in Bulgaria. Among other projects, the company built the Sofia Business Park . He was married to the journalist Yuliyana Plevnelieva from 2000 until their divorce in 2017; they had three sons: Filip, Asen and Pavel. One of

252-510: The session. Outside support to the Oresharski government is also given by nationalist party Ataka . Only two weeks after its initial formation the government came under criticism and had to deal with country-wide protests by the citizens, with those in Sofia reaching up to 11 000 participants. The reasons for these protests were largely the controversial appointment of media mogul Delyan Peevski as

270-438: The sons, Filip, died in 2015 at the age of 14. In addition to his native Bulgarian , he speaks English and German fluently. Plevneliev became Minister of Regional Development and Public Works under Deputy Prime Minister Simeon Djankov on 27 July 2009. Minister Plevneliev was one of a handful of "reformers" in the government, together with Deputy Prime Minister Simeon Djankov , the Minister of Economy Traicho Traikov and

288-437: The three largest parties (GERB, BSP and DPS) to hold early parliamentary elections for 5 October 2014, the cabinet was to resign by the end of July. On Wednesday 23 July, Oresharski's government submitted its resignation. The next day parliament voted 180–8 (8 abstained and 44 were absent) to accept the government's resignation. Following the vote, President Plevneliev offered the mandate to GERB to try and form government, but it

306-518: Was established in Pravets. The computers produced there, which were among the first in Bulgaria, were named Pravetz. Today, the town is most famous for its computers and technology systems high school and the Hyatt Pravets golf resort complex. There is also a language high school by the name of Aleko Konstantinov . It prepares many students who continue their undergraduate education in Bulgaria, England,

324-467: Was refused. The next day the BSP returned the mandate as well. On 30 July, the DPS refused the mandate as well. Finally, on 6 August, a caretaker government led by Georgi Bliznashki was sworn into office and the Oresharski government was officially dissolved. Rosen Plevneliev Rosen Asenov Plevneliev ( Bulgarian : Росен Асенов Плевнелиев , born 14 May 1964) is a Bulgarian politician who served as

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