Bulgaria's election winner Rumen Radev receives mandate to form government


Reuters | Sofia | Updated: 07-05-2026 19:43 IST | Created: 07-05-2026 19:43 IST
Bulgaria's election winner Rumen Radev receives mandate to form government
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Bulgaria's ​election ‌winner Rumen Radev ​received the mandate to ‌form a new government on Thursday after his Progressive ‌Bulgaria comfortably won ‌a parliamentary election last month, the eighth in the ⁠past ​five years.

President ⁠Iliana Iotova on Thursday offered ⁠Radev, a eurosceptic former fighter ​pilot, the position of ⁠prime minister after his nomination ⁠by ​Progressive Bulgaria, which won 44.6% ⁠of the vote in the parliamentary ⁠election ⁠on April 19.

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