Throughout his tenure, he also served as the leader of his party, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), from 2016 to 2023.

[citation needed] He graduated from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria.

[citation needed] He is the founder of the Academic Society of MFR in Sofia and a member of the MRF since May 1991.

[2] Since 24 December 2015 he was one of three co-chairs of the interim MRF to IX National Conference of the party after Lyutvi Mestan was expelled.

[3] On 24 April 2016 he was unanimously elected chairman of the MRF by the IX National Conference of the party.