Who are the candidates running for the mayor's seat in Sofia?

GERB-UDF announced on September 25 that the candidate of the coalition for mayor of the capital Sofia will be the journalist Anton Hekimyan.

Hekimyan was a reporter at bTV channel, a presenter of the morning block and director of "News, Current Affairs and Sports". On September 23 this year he announced his departure from the channel after 19 years working there and said he was stepping down from the post of news director to pursue a different professional path.

Anton Hekimyan

The candidate for mayor of Sofia of “We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria” is Vasil Terziev. He is a Bulgarian businessman and investor in technology companies, co-founder of the software company Telerig. His father and grandfather were State Security officers. He graduated from the First English High School in Sofia and the American University with a degree in Business Administration.

Vassil Terziev

“Vazrazhdane” party nominated Deyan Nikolov for mayor of Sofia. Nikolov is the chairperson of the organization in the capital. He is an MP in the current 49th National Assembly. He graduated in Business and Economics, with a specialization in Economic Sociology. He has developed professionally in the field of logistics, statistics, business analysis, management.

Deyan Nikolov

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms is not nominating a candidate for mayor of Sofia.

Trade unionist Vanya Grigorova is the mayoral candidate for the capital, nominated by a local coalition "BSP for Bulgaria". She originally worked as a cleaner in a school and in a fast food chain. She graduated from the National Trade and Banking School and the University for National and World Economics. She is currently a PhD student at the Department of Human Resources and Social Protection. Since 2015. Grigorova is an economic advisor to the President of "Podkrepa" trade union. In 2019, she was an independent candidate for MEP, but was not elected.

Vanya Grigorova

Poet and screenwriter Ivaylo Valchev is the candidate of "There is Such a People" for mayor of Sofia. He is an MP of the 45th, 46th and 49th National Assemblies. He graduated in Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University. Author of most of Slavi Trifonov's and Ku-Ku Band's songs.

Ivailo Valchev

Vili Lilkov was nominated as a candidate for mayor of the capital by the Initiative Committee, which grew into a right-wing political coalition "Blue Sofia", the main driving force being the party "COD" of Petar Moskov. The nomination is supported by former MPs and ministers, intellectuals, artists, sportsmen and journalists. Vili Lilkov is a politician and Bulgarian scientist-physicist. He was a member of the Union of the Democratic Force, co-founder of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria. He is a former member of the Sofia Municipal Council..

Vili Lilkov

VMRO nominated Carlos Contrera for mayor of the capital. He is chairman of the Regional Committee of VMRO in Sofia. He graduated in law at the Faculty of Law of Sofia University. In the 2015 elections he was the leader of the list of "VMRO - Bulgarian National Movement" in Sofia and was elected as a municipal councillor.

Carlos Contera

Images by BTA and archive