Bulgarian MPs re-elect Radev as governor

Governor had served two years past end of first term amid prolonged political crisis

Bulgarian National Bank
Bulgarian National Bank

Bulgaria’s parliament elected central bank governor Dimitar Radev to a second six-year term on July 18.

The vote ended a two-year period where it had failed to elect a new governor, and Radev had continued in office on an acting basis. Radev won 155 votes in the 240-member assembly.

The centre-right Gerb party, part of a new coalition government, proposed Radev for a new term. The far-right Revival party also proposed a candidate for governor, economist Lyubomir Hristov, who gained only 39

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