Georgi Parvanov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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3rd President of Bulgaria 2002-2012
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Place of Birth: Sirishtnik, Pernik Province, Bulgaria
About Georgi Parvanov
- Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov (Bulgarian: ?????? ???????? ????????, IPA: [g?'?rgi p?r'vanof]) (born 28 June 1957) is a Bulgarian historian and politician who was President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012.
- He was elected after defeating incumbent Petar Stoyanov in the second round of the November 2001 presidential election.
- He took office on 22 January 2002.
- He was reelected in a landslide victory in 2006, becoming the first Bulgarian president to serve two terms.
- Parvanov supported of Bulgaria's entry into NATO and the European Union. According to Bulgarian law, a Bulgarian president is not allowed to be a member of a political party, thus Parvanov left the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) after his election in 2001.
- Although he identified as a socialist, Parvanov often called himself a 'social president'.After completing his second term as President, Parvanov returned to the Socialist Party, prompting a dispute over the party leadership.
- In January 2014 Parvanov restarted his Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (ABV) project, announcing he would be fielding his own candidates for the 2014 European parliamentary elections.
- On January 15, 2017 he stepped down as party leader and was replaced by Konstantin Prodanov.
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