National Movement for Stability and Progress

National Movement for Stability and Progress
Национално движение за стабилност и възход
AbbreviationNDSV (Bulgarian)
LeaderStanimir Ilchev
FounderSimeon Sakskoburggotski
Founded6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
HeadquartersSofia
Ideology
Political positionCentre[9] to centre-right[12]
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
International affiliationLiberal International
Colors  Yellow
National Assembly
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European Parliament
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Party flag
Website
www.ndsv.bg

The National Movement for Stability and Progress (Bulgarian: Национално движение за стабилност и възход, romanized: Natsionalno dvizhenie za stabilnost i vazhod, NDSV) is a liberal,[5][6] populist political party in Bulgaria. It was known as the National Movement Simeon II (Bulgarian: Национално движение „Симеон Втори“, romanized: Natsionalno dvizhenie "Simeon Vtori") until 3 June 2007.

The party was created as a personal vehicle of Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Simeon II), the last Bulgarian Tsar (albeit nominally), who was deposed following the 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état, for his successful bid to become Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2001. Simeon served as prime minister until 2005 and the party remained part of the governing coalition until 2009, when they lost all their seats in the National Assembly.

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