Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Bulgarian politician and royal (born 1937)

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Born 1937
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Updated 2026-06-08

He was king of Bulgaria at six, lost the throne at nine, then came back fifty years later and won an election — not to restore the monarchy, but to serve as prime minister of the republic that had abolished it.

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Simeon Borisov Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was born 16 June 1937 and became Tsar Simeon II in 1943 while still a child, with power held by a regency council led by his uncle Kiril, General Nikola Mihov, and prime minister Bogdan Filov. The monarchy was abolished by referendum in 1946, sending him into exile. After communism fell, he returned to Bulgaria in 1996 and founded the National Movement for Stability and Progress. His party won the 2001 election, and as Simeon Sakskoburggotski he served as prime minister from 2001 to 2005, then led his party into coalition with the Bulgarian Socialist Party afte…

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