including once in the United States. Political career In 2019 he set up the populist There Is Such a People (ITN) party, which has supported the 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests. The party participated in the April 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election and ended up second, winning 17.4% of the popular vote, which amounts to 51 seats in the National Assembly. When no party was able to form a government, another parliamentary election was held in July 2021, at which ITN emerged as the strongest party, winning 23.8% of the vote and 65 parliamentary seats. Trifonov announced he would form a minority government. Stances on political and social issues Trifonov has been supportive of the introduction of more aspects of direct democracy in the Bulgarian political system. In March 2020, he donated 100,000 leva to go towards the salaries of the medical personnel in the Alexandrovska Hospital in Sofia who are battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria, but has also been criticized for initially downplaying the extent of the pandemic and publicly opposing many of the pandemic control measures. In January 2021, a Trifonov statement comparing the government-imposed restrictions as a result of the emergency epidemiological situation to the Ottoman yoke attracted controversy. He has been opposed to open border policies and expressed concerns regarding the presence of refugees in Bulgaria from conflict hotspots in the Middle East. Discography Ръгай чушки в боба (Prod Peppers in the Bean Soup) (1993) Шат на патката главата (Rip off the Head of the Duck) (1994) Рома ТВ (Roma TV) (1994) Жълта книжка (Certificate for Mental Disorder) (1995) Хъшове (Hajduks) (1996) Каналето – The Best (Canaletto – The Best) (1997) Едно Ферари с цвят червен (A Red Coloured Ferrari) (1997) Франция, здравей (Hello, France) (1998) Девети трагичен (The Tragic Ninth) (1998) Вавилон (Babylon) (1998) Няма "не искам", няма "недей" (Don't Say "I Don't Want to", Don't Say "Don't Do It") (1999) Часът на бенда (The Hour of the Band) (2000) Новите Варвари (The New Barbarians) (2001) The Best (2001) Vox Populi (2002) Прима патриот (Prima Patriot) (2004) И оркестъра да свири (Let the Orchestra Play) (2005) Ние продължаваме (We Keep on Going) (2007) No Mercy (2009) Македония (Macedonia) (2010) Един от многото (One of the Many) (2012) Има такъв народ (There is Such a People) (2017) Песни за българи (Songs for/about Bulgarians) (2018) References External links Official Website Official Facebook page Official YouTube channel. 1966 births Living