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2017 in Bulgaria 
Summary
Events in the year 2017 in Bulgaria.
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Incumbents edit
- President: Rosen Plevneliev (until 22 January); Rumen Radev
- Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov (until 27 January); Ognyan Gerdzhikov (until 4 May); Boyko Borisov
Events edit
- 22 January – Rumen Radev took over as President
- 27 January – Ognyan Gerdzhikov took over as Prime Minister
- 26 March – The 2017 Bulgarian parliamentary election were held, which made Bokyo Borisov Prime Minister.[1]
- 13 May – Bulgaria gets 2nd place in The 2017 Eurovision.[2]
Deaths edit
- 25 January – Ivan Pritargov, footballer (b. 1952).[3]
- 27 January – Atanas Kirov, weightlifter, three times world champion (b. 1946).[4]
- 29 January – Boris Nikolov, boxer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1929).[5]
- 15 June – Rumen Nenov, footballer (b. 1969)
References edit
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: BULGARIA (Narodno sabranie), Last elections". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- ^ "Eurovision 2017 Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov - "Beautiful Mess"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- ^ "Публикувано във факти.бг: Почина голмайсторът на ЦСКА Иван Притъргов". Fakti (in Bulgarian). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Почина легендата във вдигането на тежести Атанас Киров". dnes.dir.bg (in Bulgarian). 27 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Почина първият български олимпийски медалист Борис Георгиев – Моката". pan.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 1 February 2017.