Evgeni Stefanov Bakardzhiev (Bulgarian: Евгений Стефанов Бакърджиев) (10 February 1955 – 29 June 2021[1]) was a Bulgarian politician who served as vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Works between 1997 and 1999.
[2] During the communist period, Bakardzhiev received an education in a technical field, specializing in Industrial and Civil Construction.
[3] In the 1990s, following the beginning of the democratic transition, he entered politics as part of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union "Nikola Petkov" (Bulgarian: Българския земеделски народен съюз „Никола Петков“) and later became an influential member of the UDF,[4] characterized as being among the "third wave" politicians in the party.
[2] In November 2001, following criticisms leveled at the UDF leadership, he was expelled from the party.
[6][7] As he claimed, he made this from the bottom of his heart, because this building played highly divisive role amongst the nation.