National Movement for Stability and Progress
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, 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.
National Movement for Stability and Progress Национално движение за стабилност и възход | |
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| Abbreviation | NDSV (Bulgarian) |
| Leader | Stanimir Ilchev |
| Founder | Simeon Sakskoburggotski |
| Founded | 6 April 2001 |
| Headquarters | Sofia |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colors | Yellow |
| National Assembly | 0 / 240 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 17 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| www | |
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.