Dossier Commission names candidate MPs who worked for Bulgaria’s communist-era secret services

The Dossier Commission, the body required by law to disclose who in various walks of public life worked for Bulgaria’s communist-era secret services, has announced which candidates in Bulgaria’s April 19 2026 National Assembly elections were affiliated with State Security.

The commission said that of the 4773 candidates, it checked 1516. The remaining 3257 were not checked because they are below the age threshold set in law.

It listed 31 identified as having worked for State Security – meaning that about 0.65 per cent of those checked.

The figure identified in these elections is lower than the figure of 41 identified in the October 2024 early parliamentary elections and the 79 identified ahead of the June 2024 early parliamentary elections.

Candidate MPs and the parties or coalitions on whose lists they are candidates:

Alexander Marinov (Bulgaria Can)

Angel Banchev (Defiant Bulgaria – the party headed by former Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova)

Argir Boyadzhiev (Bulgarian Socialist Party – United Left)

Valentin Zayakov (BSP – United Left)

Vladimir Shishkov (My Bulgaria)

Dimitar Bakhanov (BSP – United Left)

Dorian Avramov (My Bulgaria)

Eynur Ahmed (Bulgaria Can)

Emil Topalov (ITN)

Kolyo Paramov (Velichie)

Lyubomir Hristov (GERB – UDF)

Lyubomir Slavkov (BSP – United Left)

Lyubcho Ivanov (BSP – United Left)

Maxim Velkov (Movement of Non-party Candidates)

Malin Mladenov (ITN)

Milcho Hristov (BSP – United Left)

Nako Stefanov (Resistance)

Nevyan Nachev (Vuzrazhdane)

Nikola Vuchev (BSP – United Left)

Nikolai Serafimov (Movement of Non-party Candidates)

Nikolai Radulov (Mech)

Petar Todorov (Progressive Bulgaria, the coalition led by exp-president Roumen Radev)

Plamen Stoyanov (Bulgaria Can)

Radion Popov (Alliance for Rights and Freedoms)

Roumen Grahovski (BSP – United Left)

Sashka Trapkova (BSP – United Left)

Stoyan Demirevski (Bulgaria Can)

Stoyan Vitanov (Movement of Non-party Candidates)

Tsvetanka Koeva (Third of March)

Chavdar Borachev (Resistance).

(Archive photo: Dossier Commission)