2006-07-23 21:06:25 · 5 answers · asked by ireng m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Simeon II of Bulgaria or Simeon of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born June 16, 1937) is a Bulgarian politician and former king, as the last Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946. As Simeon Borisov Sakskoburggotski (Симеон Борисов Сакскобургготски) he served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 until August 2005. He is sometimes known in the English speaking world as Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which is an English form of his family's original German name Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha. He is one of the last living heads of state from the World War II era and he is also one of the few monarchs in history who regained political power through democratic election to a different office (see Norodom Sihanouk and Napoleon III for similar histories).
2006-07-23 21:25:34 · answer #1 · answered by myllur 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
On July 24, 2001, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the only monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office. In 2005, he formed a new coalition government consisting not only of NMSII and MRF but also of New Time, a splinter group from NMSII.
After the June 2005 elections, which were won by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), a new three-party ruling coalition was formed between BSP, NMSII and MRF. Simeon had to take a back seat and allow the much younger Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev become the Prime Minister of Bulgaria. He was given the unofficial ceremonial post of Chairman of the coalition. Bulgaria is now set to join the EU in 2007.
Simeon is the son of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Giovanna (of the House of Savoy). In 1962 Simeon married a Spanish aristocrat, Doña Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela. They had five children — four sons (Kardam, Kyril, Kubrat and Konstantin, in that order) and a daughter, Kalina, all of whom also married Spaniards. He spent most of his adult life working as a businessman: thirteen years as chairman of the Spanish subsidiary of Thomson, a French defence and electronics group, and as an advisor in the banking, hotel, electronics, and catering sectors.
2006-07-24 07:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Cham G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
saxe-coburg the Queen of Englands real name, not Windsor at all.
2006-07-24 04:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by mad john 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he is son of king Boris III of Bulgaria and former king of Bulgaria exiled from the country as a child, later its Prime Minister
2006-07-23 21:15:27 · answer #4 · answered by Sony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-23 21:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by arghhh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋