# Bulgarian presidential election candidacy developments

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/bulgarian-presidential-election-candidacy-developments
> Updated: 2026-09-13T15:35:22.000Z. Sources: 3. Developments: 2.

Candidates for the upcoming Bulgarian presidential elections in October are beginning to announce their running mates and policy platforms.

The ‘Narodna Sila’ initiative committee nominated Associate Professor Georgi Dimov for president and General Dimitar Shivikov for vice president. Dimov’s platform focuses on peace, neutrality, economic sovereignty, and restoring dialogue with Russia. Shivikov, a former deputy prime minister, indicated intentions to visit Russia.

In a separate campaign, former acting Minister of Agriculture Ivan Hristanov announced Associate Professor Dr. Stoyanka Cherkezova, a demography expert from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as his vice presidential candidate. Hristanov identified reversing Bulgaria’s demographic trends as the nation’s most critical issue.

## Timeline

### 2026-09-13: Ivan Hristanov names demography expert as vice presidential candidate

Ivan Hristanov has named demography expert Dr. Stoyanka Cherkezova as his vice presidential candidate for Bulgaria’s October 25 presidential elections, focusing on the nation's demographic crisis.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/ivan-hristanov-names-demography-expert-as-vice-presidential-candidate

### 2026-08-25: Narodna Sila committee nominates Dimov and Shivikov for presidency

The ‘Narodna Sila’ committee has nominated historian Georgi Dimov for president and General Dimitar Shivikov for vice president in Bulgaria’s upcoming October elections.

3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/narodna-sila-committee-nominates-dimov-and-shivikov-for-presidency

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