Raya Nazaryan elected Bulgarian parliament speaker
UDF MP Raya Nazaryan was elected Bulgaria's National Assembly Chair on Thursday. She received 131 votes in favour, 66 MPs voted against, and 39 abstained. Nazaryan was backed by her parliamentary group, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and TISP, the Bulgarian News Agency reported.
Nazaryan's election became possible after There Is Such a People (TISP) deputy leader Toshko Yordanov said from the rostrum that the party would support all nominations.
Born in Varna (on the Black Sea) on September 16, 1985, Nazaryan has practised law for more than 12 years, of which ten specializing in the law of obligations, real law, insurance law, family law and succession law. She has amassed ample experience in commercial, civil and administrative proceedings before Bulgarian courts.
A specialist in mediation and out-of-court settlement of legal disputes. Member of the Sofia Bar Association. Associate and co-founder of a law firm.
On June 9, Nazaryan was elected MP for a third term. She topped the GERB-UDF candidates list in Sofia's Multimember Constituency No. 24. She entered politics in 2022.
She is single, with one child.