National Assembly speaker and deputy speakers The opening session of the 52nd National Assembly was, as per tradition, presided by the oldest elected MP, that being Gen. Rumen Milanov from Progressive Bulgaria. Two candidacies were nominated for the Speakership of the National Assembly: Mihaela Dotsova, nominated by Progressive Bulgaria, and
Petar Petrov, nominated by Revival. Dotsova was elected as the new speaker with 188 votes in favour, being supported by all MPs from Progressive Bulgaria, GERB-SDS and DPS. Petar Petrov only received 12 votes in favour, from MPs belonging to Revival. 6 deputy speakers were elected unanimously belonging to the 6 parliamentary groups formed after the election of the speaker: Ivan Angelov from Progressive Bulgaria,
Raya Nazaryan from GERB-SDS, Ayten Sabri from the DPS,
Atanas Atanasov from DB,
Stoyu Stoev from PP and
Tsoncho Ganev from Revival. Unlike in the previous National Assembly, an MP from the DPS was selected as a deputy speaker.
Temporary Parliamentary Commissions Rule book Temporary Commission Following the election of a speaker, a temporary commission was formed to review the rule book of the National Assembly. Dimitar Zdrakvov, from PB, was elected unanimously as the commissions chairman. Unlike in previous National Assemblies, the temporary rule book commission was formed not on the basis of parity, but proportional to the number of seats held by each parliamentary group. This change was supported by the PB, GERB-SDS, DPS groups, meanwhile it was opposed by the DB, PP and Revival groups. As a result of the change, PB held 9 seats in the commission, GERB-SDS held 3, while all other parliamentary groups were allocated 1. ==Parliamentary Groups==