Borisov, Boyko

Born in the family of a firefighter - an employee of the Ministry of the Interior. Mother is a school teacher.

Education

In 1977, he tried to enter the Department of State Security of the Higher Special School of the Ministry of the Interior, but was admitted to the Department of Fire Safety, which he graduated in 1982.

Labor

In 1982-1990, Boyko Borisov served in the Ministry of the Interior, in the fire service, as a platoon commander, then as a company, and later was a teacher at the Higher Institute of Officer Training of the Ministry of the Interior in Sofia, and a karate trainer. In 1991, he founded the private security company Ipon-1, which acquired an influential and well-known clientele, in particular, was engaged in ensuring the safety of the former leader of socialist Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov and the former king Simeon II .

In 2004, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general .

Political career

Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior in 2001-2005 in the government of Simeon of Saxcoburggot . In 2005, Boyko Borisov's actual political career began. He entered the electoral list of the party National Movement "Simeon II" , and was elected to the country's parliament from this movement. However, he preferred to abandon the mandate and remain in his post at the Ministry of the Interior.

However, Boyko Borisov soon left his post due to a conflict with the newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, and retired from the police service with the rank of lieutenant general . In the same year, he put forward his candidacy for the post of Smet Sofia and won the election. In 2006, he headed the new party Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB).

Bulgarian Prime Minister

On July 5, 2009, at the next election, the GERB movement won the majority of seats in the national parliament. Boyko Borisov formed a one-party cabinet of ministers, the composition of which was approved by the National Assembly on July 27, 2009 . In particular, the government, in which Boyko Borisov took the post of prime minister , included his closest associate, chairman of the GERB party, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, as the deputy prime minister and minister of internal affairs, and the well-known liberal economist received the post of deputy prime minister and minister of finance. former World Bank employee Simeon Dyankov , and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was headed by a member of the European Parliament , sociologist Rumyana Zheleva . In January 2010, after the scandal surrounding her name, Rumyan Zhelev was forced to leave the government.

In February 2013, due to mass protests accompanied by clashes with the police in Sofia and other cities in Bulgaria, B. Borisov resigned along with the entire cabinet ^[2] .

On November 7, 2014, the Bulgarian National Assembly again approved Borisov as prime minister ^{[3] [4]} . 185 deputies voted for his candidacy, 85 - against, there were no abstentions ^[5] .

The Activities of the First Borisov Government

Borisov’s activities as prime minister are distinguished by a restrained-negative attitude towards Russia. So, immediately after coming to power, he announced the beginning of an audit of all the activities of the previous government, including agreements with Russia in the energy sector. Borisov expressed Bulgaria’s readiness to participate in Belene NPP projects and in the South Stream international gas transportation project, but only if mutually beneficial conditions exist. The Borisov government has adopted a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the construction of the Greece-Bulgaria branch from the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline, which is designed to increase gas exports from Azerbaijan to Europe. During his visit to Ankara, Borisov signed protocols on the creation of the Nabucco gas pipeline bypassing Russia (the project was not implemented), a competitive South Stream project . The document was also signed by Austria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey.

The Borisov government secured the resignation of the chairman of the Central Bank of the country, only recently re-elected on the recommendation of the former government of Stanishev for a new term.

In January 2013, the government decided to sharply raise electricity tariffs. As a result, some older people received bills that exceeded their pension. This decision became the reason for the mass protests that took place in mid-February in Sofia and several other cities in Bulgaria and resulted in a confrontation between demonstrators and the police. On February 18, Borisov partially met the demands of the protesters by dismissing the unpopular Minister of Finance Simeon Dyankov, and on February 19, revoked the license from the Czech company CEZ , which was responsible for distribution networks. However, this did not reduce the intensity of the confrontation, and on February 20 the whole cabinet resigned ^[2] .

In mid-March 2013, as the head of the Bulgarian government, Borisov was replaced by technical prime minister Marine Raikov . ^[6]

Activities of the Second Borisov Government

The new government, led by Boykov, which began work on November 7, 2014, is a coalition government, it included 12 representatives of the GERB party, seven from the Republic of Belarus and one from the ^[7] .

On November 13, 2016, after losing the candidate from the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria candidate Tsetski Tsacheva in the presidential election, announced the resignation of the government ^[8] .

Activities of the Third Borisov Government

On March 27, 2017, parliamentary elections were held , in which the GERB party won.

On May 4, 2017, Borisov was re-approved as prime minister, 133 deputies voted in support of his candidacy, 100 deputies voted against ^[9] .

• Biography of Borisov
• Borisov's statement on the official website of the Coat of Arms
• Bulgarian government takes over