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50th National Assembly of Bulgaria

The Fiftieth National Assembly (Bulgarian: Петдесетото народно събрание) is a convocation of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, formed according to the results of the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, held on 9 June 2024.[1]

50th National Assembly

50-то Народно събрание
History
FoundedJune 19, 2024 (2024-06-19)
Preceded by49th National Assembly
Leadership
Deputy Speakers
Structure
Seats240
Political groups
  GERB—SDS (68)
  PP-DB (39)
  Revival (38)
  DPS (22)
  BSPzB (17)
  ITN (16)
  Independent (40)
Meeting place
"The Party House", Sofia
Website
parliament.bg

Positions and Leadership

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National Assembly Speaker and Deputy-Speakers

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The opening session of the 50th National Assembly, as per tradition, was chaired by the oldest MP, Silvi Kirolov from ITN.[2] During the first day of the opening session, as had occurred in previous sessions, none of the candidates for speaker managed to gain a majority of 121 votes, with the GERB nominated Raya Nazaryan coming closest with 114 votes.[3] The other candidates for the position included Petar Petrov from Vazrazhdane, Silvi Kirilov from ITN and Viktoria Vasilieva from Velichie, although none managed to gather support from outside their parliamentary group.[4] The political deadlock was broken following the decision by ITN to vote in favour of all candidates for the Speakership, thus assuring a 10-seat majority for her election.[4] In her speech following her selection, Nazaryan appraised the work of the National Assembly and promised political impartiality.[4]

Following this, the Vice-Speakers of the National Assembly were similarly selected, with one being given to each of the 7 Parliamentary Groups.[5] On the 5th of July, 2024, Viktoria Vassileva, who had previously been the vice-speaker from Velichie, was automatically removed as Vice-Speaker due to the dissolution of the Velichie Parliamentary Group.[6]

Permanent Committees of the National Assembly

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The chairperson of each of the permanent committees of the 50th National Assembly is listed below, with all being elected on the 17th of July, almost three weeks after the first plenary session.[7]

Committee Chairperson Parliamentary Group Term start Term End
Budget and Fiscal Policy Bayram Bayram DPS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Constitutional and Judicial questions Anna Aleksandrova GERB-SDS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Economy and Innovations Petar Kanev BSP for Bulgaria 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Energy Delyan Dobrev GERB-SDS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Regional policy, development and local government Andrey Tsekov PP-DB 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Foreign Affairs Boyko Borisov GERB-SDS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
European Affairs and European finances Kiril Petkov PP-DB 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Defense Hristo Gadzhev GERB-SDS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
National Security and Internal Order Manol Manev GERB-SDS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Oversight over the Security Services, special surveillance tools and classified information Daniel Mitov[a] GERB-SDS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Agriculture, food and forestry Ivan Ivanov BSP for Bulgaria 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Labour and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva GERB-SDS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Education and Science Silvi Kirilov ITN 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Youth and Sport Kosta Stoyanov Revival 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Healthcare Aleksandr Simidchiev PP-DB 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Environment and Water Stanislav Atanasov DPS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Transport and Communication Halil Letifov DPS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
E-Governance and Informational Technologies Bozhidar Bozhanov PP-DB 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Culture and Media Angel Yanchev Revival 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Civic engagement and interactions with citizens Stanislav Balabanov ITN 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Human Rights and Religious Freedom Nadezhda Yordanova PP-DB 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Policies concerned with Bulgarians abroad Angel Georgiev Revival 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Prevention of corruption Georgi Georgiev GERB-SDS 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Tourism Tsoncho Ganev Revival 17 July 2024 Incumbent
Demographic policies, children and families Kostadin Kostadinov Revival 17 July 2024 Incumbent
  1. ^ According to the rulebook of the Bulgarian parliament, the Chairman of the Security Services Committee is rotational, however in the 50th National Assembly the rotation did not take place.[8][9]

Temporary Parliamentary Committees

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Three temporary parliamentary committees were formed during the tenure of the 50th National Assembly.

Rulebook Temporary Committee

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Traditionally, following the election of a speaker, a temporary committee is formed in order to review the parliament's rules.[10] Anna Aleksandrova, from GERB, was elected with 129 votes, including the majority of GERB, DPS and Velichie MPs, as well as some MPs from PP-DB.[10] The decision to support Anna Aleksandrova led to debates between Revival and Velichie MPs, with Revival accusing Velichie of covertly supporting GERB.[10]

During debates about the rulebook, two proposals were made in order to not issue wages to MPs during the campaign period, as well as subject all MPs to drug tests.[11] However, both ideas were ultimately rejected both in committee and by the plenary session.[11]

Ivelin Mihaylov Investigative Committee

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On the 11th of July, with 143 votes for, the parliament voted to form a commission to investigate potential financial crimes committed by Velichie founder and businessman, Ivelin Mihaylov.[12] The motion to form the committee was presented by three former members of the Velichie Parliamentary Group.[12]

During committee hearings, allegations of were heard of Mihaylov's role in various forms of financial misconduct, including: de-frauding investors, running a pyramid scheme, undertaking banking activity without a license and intimidating investors to avoid litigation.[13] On the 24th of July, Caretaker Minister of the Interior, Kalin Stoyanov, was heard by the commission, revealing that the Ministry of Interior had began investigating Mihaylov for financial crimes as early as 2019, however none of the cases had been prosecuted.[14]

On the 8th of August, the report of the commission was officially presented before parliament, with it concluding that there was reasonable evidence of Mihaylov's participation in financial crimes such as money laundering and building a pyramid scheme.[15] A classified part of the report was directed to the General Prosecutors Office.[16]

Dospat Investigative Committee

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On the 1st of August, an commission was formed to investigate whether the mayor of Dospat, Elin Radev, had abused his power and engaged in corrupt practices, with its tenure limitted until the 1st of September.[17] The commissions chairman was selected as Aleksandr Vulchev, from ITN.[17]

The commission held a record-breaking seven hour contiguous session, during which Mayor Radev, members of the local administration, as well as supporters and opponents of the mayor were heard.[18]

In early September, a report on the activity of the commission was officially prepared, however it was not adopted either within the commission due to a boycott of the commission's activity by GERB.[19] Despite this, a decision was taken by the National Assembly to send relevant information from the project-report to various law enforcement agencies.[20]

Bozhanov-Evroto Investigative Committee

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In addition to the above listed committees, the parliament voted to extend the work of the temporary committee from the 49th National Assembly investigating the assassination of suspected Bulgarian mafia member, Martin "The Notary" Bozhanov and the potential role of another suspected member of the Bulgarian mafia, Pepi Evroto, in it.[21] The formation of the committee was supported by 117 votes, with 107 votes against coming from GERB and DPS.[21] Former Justice Minister in the Petkov Government, Nadezhda Yordanova, was selected as the committees chairman.[22] One of the most notable events in the committees activity was the unexpected appearance of DPS Co-Chairman, Delyan Peevski, to a hearing before the committee, which Peevski used in order to insinuate illegal activity from PPDB.[23] Members of the committee from PP-DB, in turn have accused GERB and DPS of obstructing the work of the committee.[24] Ultimately, the committee did not produce a report on its activity by the end of the 50th National Assembly

Parliamentary Groups

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7 Parliamentary Groups were registered at the opening session of the 50th National Assembly.[25]

GERB-SDS

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Name of Group Seats
Opening Session Dissolution
GERB—SDS
68 / 240
68 / 240

The parliamentary group's leadership is as follows:[26]

Position Name Political Party Term start Term End
Parliamentary Group Chair Boyko Borisov GERB 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Denitsa Sacheva GERB 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Raya Nazaryan GERB 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Temenuzhka Petkova GERB 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Rumen Hristov SDS 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Secretary Rumen Nenkov GERB 20 June 2024 Incumbent

DPS

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Name of Group Seats
Opening Session Dissolution
DPS
47 / 240
22 / 240

The parliamentary group's leadership is as follows:[26]

Position Name Political Party Term start Term End
Parliamentary Group Chair Delyan Peevski DPS[a] 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Bayram Bayram DPS 26 June 2024[28] Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Erten Anisova DPS 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Iskra Mihaylova DPS[a] 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Yordan Tsonev DPS[a] 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Halil Letifov DPS[a] 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Hamid Hamid DPS[a] 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Secretary Elvan Gyurkash DPS 20 June 2024 Incumbent
  1. ^ a b c d e Disputed since 8th August, 2024.[27]

Curiously, the nominal co-chairman of DPS at the time of the National Assemblies opening, Dzhevdet Chakarov, was not a member of the Parliamentary Groups leadership.[26]

PP-DB

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Name of Group Seats
Opening Session Dissolution
PP-DB
39 / 240
39 / 240

The parliamentary group's leadership is as follows:[26]

Position Name Political Party Term start Term End
Parliamentary Group Chair Nikolay Denkov PP 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Bozhidar Bozhanov Yes, Bulgaria! 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Kalina Konstantinova PP 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Lyudmila Ilieva DSB 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Stoyu Stoev PP 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Secretary Tatyana Sultanova-Siveva PP 20 June 2024 Incumbent

Revival

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Name of Group Seats
Opening Session Dissolution
Revival
38 / 240
38 / 240

The parliamentary group's leadership is as follows:[26]

Position Name Political Party Term start Term End
Parliamentary Group Chair Kostadin Kostadinov Revival 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Petar Petrov Revival 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Secretary Iskra Mihaylova Revival 20 June 2024 Incumbent

BSP for Bulgaria

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Name of Group Seats
Opening Session Dissolution
BSP for Bulgaria
19 / 240
17 / 240

The parliamentary group's leadership is as follows:[26]

Position Name Political Party Term start Term End
Parliamentary Group Chair Borislav Gutsanov BSP 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Ivan Ivanov BSP 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Secretary Deyan Dechev BSP 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Secretary Ivan Petkov BSP 20 June 2024 Incumbent

ITN

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Name of Group Seats
Opening Session Dissolution
ITN
16 / 240
16 / 240

The parliamentary group's leadership is as follows:[26]

Position Name Political Party Term start Term End
Parliamentary Group Chair Toshko Yordanov ITN 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Stanislav Balabanov ITN 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Secretary Ivaylo Kostadinov ITN 20 June 2024 Incumbent
Parliamentary Group Secretary Stanislav Bogdanski ITN 20 June 2024 Incumbent

Velichie

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Name of Group Seats
Opening Session Dissolution
Velichie
13 / 240
0 / 240

The parliamentary group's leadership was as follows:[26]

Position Name Political Party Term start Term End
Parliamentary Group Chair Nikolay Markov Velichie[a] 20 June 2024 5 July 2024[b]
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Darin Georgiev Velichie 20 June 2024 5 July 2024[b]
Parliamentary Group Vice-chair Georgi Kukov Velichie[c] 20 June 2024 5 July 2024[b]
Parliamentary Group Secretary Irena Neginova Velichie 20 June 2024 5 July 2024[b]
  1. ^ Nikolay Markov's status as a party member of Velichie is disputed.[29]
  2. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Group automatically dissolved on the 5th of July.[30]
  3. ^ Georgi Kukov's formal memebership in Velichie has not be confirmed.

References

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