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Events in the year 2017 in Bulgaria.

Incumbents

• President: Rosen Plevneliev (until 22 January); Rumen Radev
• Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov (until 27 January); Ognyan Gerdzhikov (until 4 May); Boyko Borisov

Events

• 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

• 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