Balgarianovinite.com Radan Kanev was elected as the new leader of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) by the delegates of the party’s National Convention here on Saturday.
A total of 530 voted, of whom 302 supported Kanev, giving him a lead over current DSB deputy chair Yordan Ivanov, who ranked second in the race.
Radan Kanev replaces Atanas Atanassov as DSB leader, who assumed the post in 2017. Radan Kanev served as DSB leader in the past between 2013 and 2017.
Democrats for Strong Bulgaria is part of the Democratic Bulgaria coalition.
According to information published on the party’s website, DSB was founded on May 30, 2004 in Sofia, with former prime minister Ivan Kostov (1997-2001) elected as its first chair. Current DSB leader Atanas Atanassov has headed the party since 2017, having previously served for several years as its deputy chair. He also chaired the party’s Sofia organization for many years.
In his vision for the party’s future, Kanev outlined what he sees as DSB’s tasks in light of new political realities. These are simple and clear, he argues, but require an ambitious vision for both the party and the country: addressing the risks stemming from what he describes as “the one-man populist rule of Prime Minister Rumen Radev”, actively contributing to the consolidation of the democratic opposition between 2026 and 2030, and presenting Bulgarian society with a bold centre-right alternative based on a new national consensus under the “Bulgaria 2050” horizon. Radan Kanev Elected Democrats for Stong Bulgaria Leader 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-11 15:20:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law