Leader of the Opposition (Bulgaria)
The Leader of the Opposition () is the politician who leads the official Opposition in Bulgaria.
The Leader of the Opposition is normally the leader of the largest party not within the government, which is usually the second largest political party in the Parliament of Bulgaria. An exception for this is the political party of GERB, which is the largest party and the largest opposition with 97 seats in the Bulgarian Assembly, the second biggest party is the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) with 84 seats in the National Assembly.
The current Leader of the Opposition is Boyko Borisov, leader of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria abbreviated as GERB.
List of Leaders of the Opposition since 1990
# |
Leader |
Political Party |
|
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Zhelyu Zhelev |
Union of Democratic Forces |
|
2 |
Petar Beron |
Union of Democratic Forces |
|
3 |
Philip Dimitrov |
Union of Democratic Forces |
|
4 |
Aleksandar Lilov |
Bulgarian Socialist Party |
|
5 |
Zhan Videnov |
Bulgarian Socialist Party |
|
(3) |
Philip Dimitrov |
Union of Democratic Forces |
|
6 |
Ivan Kostov |
Union of Democratic Forces |
|
7 |
Georgi Parvanov |
Bulgarian Socialist Party |
|
8 |
Ekaterina Mihailova |
Union of Democratic Forces |
|
9 |
Nadezhda Neynsky |
Union of Democratic Forces |
|
10 |
Sergei Stanishev |
Bulgarian Socialist Party |
|
11 |
Volen Siderov |
Attack |
|
(10) |
Sergei Stanishev |
Bulgarian Socialist Party |
|
12 |
Boyko Borisov |
Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria |
|
See also
- Politics of Bulgaria