site.btaTop-of-the-list Candidates: Dobrich

BTA is publishing the names of the top-of-the-list candidates of every party for all constituencies for the June 9 parliamentary elections. The information about the candidates was provided by the respective party/coalition.

A total of 31 candidates' lists have been registered by the Dobrich Constituency Election Commission.

The order follows the sequential numbers on the ballots, as drawn by the Central Election Commission:

1. There Is Such a People Party: Aleksander Aleksandrov. Has served at the Bulgarian Armed Forces General Staff and the Defence Ministry. MP in the 45^th, 46^th, and 47^th National Assemblies;
2. Glas Naroden (People's Voice) Party: Nikolay Dikov. A graduate of New Bulgarian University. Has experience in the restaurant industry;
3. Blue Bulgaria Coalition (nine parties: Conservative Alliance of the Right (KOD); Bulgarian Democratic Forum; Democratic Action Movement; National Movement for Stability and Upsurge; Bulgaria of the Citizens Movement; Conservative Bulgaria Party; Radical Democratic Party in Bulgaria; Bulgarian New Democracy Party; Agrarian People's Union): Svetoslav Gochev. President of the Bulgarian Agricultural People's Union’s governing body;
4. We the Citizens Coalition (three parties: Bulgarian Spring; Competence, Responsibility and Truth (KOI); Bulgarian Workers'-Peasants' Party): Hristo Lafchiev. Engineer and physicist by training. Works as a senior engineer at an electronics company; a physicist at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
5. No registered list of candidates;
6. Bulgarian Voice Party: Tanya Popova. Graduated from the Ivan Apostolov Private Language Upper Secondary School. A second-year law student at the St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia;
7. Rose Coalition (three parties: Bulgarian Social Democracy - EuroLeft; United Labour Bloc Bulgarian Labourists; Rodolyubie 2000): Yordan Yakov. Holds a master’s degree in Transport Engineering and Business Management;
8. Centre Coalition (two parties: Svoboda [Freedom]; Bulgarian Agrarian Party): Rostislava Dimitrova. Physician and health care expert. Holds a degree in Medicine from Sofia’s Medical University. Public Health Adviser in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, 2008-2013. Works as an expert in national health institutions, the Ministry of Health, and the National Assembly’s Committee on Health. Owns a company for pharmaceutical clinical trials and healthcare consulting;
9. Bulgarian Solidarity Coalition (three parties: Rise Up Bulgaria; Bulgarian Left; United Social Democracy): Desislava Trifonova;
10. Edinenie (Unity) Party: Elena Vutova;
11. Bulgarian National Alliance (BNO) Party: Petar Evtimov. A graduate of the Technical University of Sofia;
12. Vazrazhdane Party: Konstantina Petrova. MP in the 48^th and 49^th National Assemblies;
13. Morality, Unity, Honour (MECh) Party: Valentin Vodenicharov;
14. Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria Coalition (4 parties: Continue the Change; VOLT; Democrats for Strong Bulgaria; Yes, Bulgaria Movement): Ivaylo Mirchev. MP in the 45^th, 46^th, 47^th, 48^th, and 49^th National Assemblies;
15. The Truth and Nothing but the Truth People's Party: Dimitrichka Mircheva. Graduated from the Tsar Simeon Veliki Vocational High School of Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism in Provadia (Northeastern Bulgaria). Runs a non-governmental organization which specializes in social support for disadvantaged families;
16. Bulgarian Rise Party: Veselin Kolev;
17. Civic Bloc Coalition (Radicals Bulgarian Democratic Union, Bulgarian Women's Party): Ivelina Yordanova. Graduated as a social services manager from the Chernorizets Hrabar Varna Free University. Works in social services;
18. Society for New Bulgaria Party: Veselin Kazakov;
19. The Left! Coalition (ABV (Alternative for Bulgarian Revival), Movement 21, Green Party, Alexander Stamboliiski Agrarian Party, National Movement for Salvation of the Fatherland, Social Democrats Political Movement): Georgi Kyuchukov;
20. Party of the Greens: Borislav Daskalov. Entrepreneur. A graduate of the Georgi Benkovski Bulgarian Air Force Academy. Has been a long-time Dobrich Airport employee;
21. Here We Come Party: Tseno Ivanov;
22. GERB-UDF Coalition (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and Union of Democratic Forces (UDF)): Denitsa Sacheva. Chair of Parliament’s Committee on Labour, Social, and Demographic Policy and GERB-UDF Deputy Floor Leader in the 49^th National Assembly. MP in the 45^th, 46^th, 47^th, 48^th, and 49^th National Assemblies;
23. Bulgarian National Union New Democracy Party: Pavel Dimitrov;
24. BSP for Bulgaria Coalition (Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP); Ecoglasnost Political Club; Trakia Political Club): Maya Dimitrova. Lawyer. MP in the 45^th, 47^th, 48^th, and 49^th National Assemblies;
25. Velichie [Grandeur] Party: Momchil Radichkov. Entrepreneur. Graduated in Public Administration from the University of National and World Economy and in Railway Transport Technology and Organization from the Todor Kableshkov Military School of Transport;
26. VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement Party: Andrey Slabakov. Director, screenwriter, and actor. Born 1960. Graduated in Directing from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts. MEP since July 2, 2019;
27. Direct Democracy Party: Ivan Kazakov;
28. Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Party: Erten Anisova. Graduated in Political Science from the St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. Holds a master’s degree in Law from the St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo. MRF Deputy Floor Leader in the 49^th National Assembly. MP in the 48^th and 49^th National Assemblies;
29. Green Movement Party: Hristiyan Hristov;
30. Party for Great Bulgaria: Radostina Minova. A law graduate and practicing lawyer;
31. Bulgarian Union for Direct Democracy (BSDD): Georgi Nedelchev. An engineer and economist by training. Holds a degree in Integrated Marketing Communications. Has experience in radio and TV broadcasting, digital systems, entrepreneurship and finance. BSDD co-founder and co-chair. Volunteer in the Bulgarian Huntington Association and in Positivemoney.org. Editor at AgoraPost.bg;
32. Neutral Bulgaria Coalition (four parties: Communist Party of Bulgaria; Bulgarian Communist Party; Party of Bulgarian Communists; Russophiles for the Revival of the Fatherland): Maria Atanasova.