page_title: Rosen Plevneliev
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Rosen Plevneliev / Political career
caption_attribution_description: Português: Brasília - A presidenta Dilma Rousseff, recebe o presidente da Bulgária, Rosen Plevneliev no Palácio do Planalto(Antônio Cruz/Agência Brasil) English: Brasília - Presidents of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev (Antônio Cruz/Agência Brasil)
context_page_description: Rosen Asenov Plevneliev is a Bulgarian politician who was the 4th President of Bulgaria, holding the position 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.
context_section_description: Plevneliev became Minister of Regional Development and Public Works under Deputy Prime Minister Simeon Djankov on 27 July 2009. Minister Plevneliev was one of a handful of"reformers"in the government, together with Deputy Prime Minister Simeon Djankov, the Minister of Economy Traicho Traikov and the Minister of Environment Nona Karadzhova.
  He was announced as GERB's candidate for President of Bulgaria on 4 September 2011. He subsequently won the presidential election in a second round held on 30 October 2011, with a majority of 52.58% of the vote. He defeated Ivaylo Kalfin from the Bulgarian Socialist Party in the second round. He took the presidential oath on 19 January 2012 and officially took over from his predecessor Georgi Parvanov on 22 January 2012. Among his priorities are administrative reforms, energy efficiency and energy independence and removing of ambassadors of Bulgaria in foreign countries who have served as secret agents during the Communist regime.
  As a result of the 2013 Bulgarian protests against monopoly and high electricity prices, the conservative government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov tendered its resignation on 20 February 2013. President Plevneliev, acting in accordance with the constitution, offered a mandate to form a new government within the term of the current Parliament to GERB, BSP and DPS but after each of them declined, Plevneliev appointed a caretaker government on 13 March 2013, with Marin Raykov, the Bulgarian ambassador in Paris as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  In 2013, due to the prolonged protests against the involvement of oligarchy in politics and the government, Plevneliev organised the 'Dialogue with citizens' initiative, which involved three debates, focused on market economy, the judicial system and media freedom.
  Plevneliev advocates for closer relations between Bulgaria and the People's Republic of China.
  Plevneliev has frequently criticized the immigration policy in the UK set by the former Prime Minister, David Cameron.
  By appointing the Bliznashki Government on 6 August 2014, Plevneliev has become the first President of Bulgaria to appoint more than one caretaker government.
caption: Then Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff greets Plevneliev upon his arrival to the Planalto Palace in Brasília, Brazil, 1 February 2016.
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