Plamen Oresharski

prime minister of Bulgaria

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Plamen Oresharski served as the nonpartisan, technocratic prime minister of Bulgaria from May 2013 to November 2014. His government was formed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and an ethnic Turkish party, commanding exactly half the seats in parliament. The creation of this minority government was tacitly approved by the nationalist Ataka party, which abstained from the vote. Oresharski's tenure followed a period of significant political unrest and protests that led to the resignation of the previous prime minister, Boyko Borisov.1

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…an ethnic Turkish party, with Plamen Oresharski, a former finance minister, installed as the nonpartisan technocratic prime minister. Although technically a minority government—the two parties commanded exactly half the seats in parliament—its creation was given silent assent by the nationalist Ataka party, which abstained from the vote that approved it.
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…an ethnic Turkish party, with Plamen Oresharski, a former finance minister, installed as the nonpartisan technocratic prime minister. Although technically a minority government—the two parties commanded exactly half the seats in parliament—its creation was given silent assent by the nationalist Ataka party, which abstained from the vote that approved it.
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