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First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

Tue, Jul 14 2009 12:50 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

Tsetska Tsacheva, Speaker of Parliament
Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

Outgoing Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev

Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

Sofia mayor and GERB leader Boiko Borissov

Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

President Georgi Parvanov

Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

Ivan Kostov, first row on the left, and Martin Dimitrov, second from the left, of the Blue Coalition

Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms

Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

Boiko Borissov, left, and President Georgi Parvanov

Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

First sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament

233 out of 240 MPs present at the first session of the new Parliament

Photo: Красимир Юскеселиев

The first sitting of Bulgaria's 41st Parliament took place on July 14 2009.

July 5 national elections saw Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (abbreviated as GERB in Bulgarian) of Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov win 116 of 240 seats in Parliament.

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