Rosen Plevneliev
| Rosen Plevneliev | |
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| 4th President of Bulgaria | |
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In office 22 January 2012 – 22 January 2017 |
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| Prime Minister |
Boyko Borisov Marin Raykov (Acting) Plamen Oresharski Georgi Bliznashki (Acting) Boyko Borisov |
| Vice President | Margarita Popova |
| Preceded by | Georgi Parvanov |
| Succeeded by | Rumen Radev |
| Minister of Regional Development and Public Works | |
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In office 27 July 2009 – 9 September 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Boyko Borisov |
| Preceded by | Asen Gagauzov |
| Succeeded by | Lilyana Pavlova |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rosen Asenov Plevleniev 14 May 1964 Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria |
| Political party |
Communist Party (Before 1989) Independent (1989–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
GERB (Supported 2009-2013) Reformist Bloc (Supported 2013-2017) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (Supported 2013-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Yuliyana Plevnelieva (2000–present) |
| Children | Philip (death 2015), Asen, Pavel |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Sofia |
| Religion | Bulgarian Orthodox |
Rosen Asenov Plevneliev (Bulgarian: Росен Асенов Плевнелиев; born 14 May 1964) is a Bulgarian politician who was President of Bulgaria from January 2012 to January 2017. He was the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works from July 2009 to September 2011 as part of the cabinet of Boyko Borisov. In October 2011, Plevneliev was elected as President in a second round of voting; he was inaugurated on 18 January 2012.
Rosen Plevneliev was born in Gotse Delchev. His mother, Slavka Plevnelieva, was a teacher, and his father, Asen Plevneliev, was an activist of the Communist Party. He relocated to Blagoevgrad alongside his parents when he turned 10 years old. His family descended from Bulgarian refugees from southern Macedonia who resettled from today's village of Petrousa in the municipality of Prosotsani in Drama regional unit, Greek Macedonia, in 1913. The Plevneliev family name refers to the Bulgarian name of the village Petroussa, Plevnya (Плевня, "barn").
Plevneliev studied at Blagoevgrad Mathematical and Natural Sciences High School, from which he graduated in 1982. In 1989 he graduated from the Higher Mechanical-Electrotechnical Institute, Sofia, and in the same year become a fellow at the Institute for Microprocessing Technology, Pravets. While studying in the university, he was a Komsomol member of the Bulgarian Communist Party.After the political changes, in 1990, Plevneliev started a private building company in Bulgaria. Among other projects, the company built the Sofia Business Park.
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