Slavcho Atanasov is a Bulgarian

Bulgarians

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 politician, member of IMRO-BNM

IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement

The IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. The abbreviation IMRO references the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, a historic Bulgarian-established revolutionary political organization in the Macedonia and Thrace regions. IMRO – BNM's current...

 and mayor of Plovdiv

Plovdiv

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 (2007 - 2011).

He was born on 14 February 1968 in Karlovo

Karlovo

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. In 2003 he was elected a mayor of Plovdiv's largest district Trakiya.

During the local elections in 2007 Slavcho Atanasov was a nominee for a mayor of Plovdiv in the list of IMRO-BNM supported by GERB

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria , abbreviated GERB , is a Bulgarian centre-right political party established on March 13 2006. It has been Bulgaria's ruling party since 2009....

and other right formations. In the elections on 28 October he won in the first round with 53%.