Margarita Ivanova Mahaeva

Public record

Compiled from publications and official records as of 22.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.

Russia

• Author or co-author of a bill to withdraw from NATO. Възраждане's own page lists her as author or co-author of the party's bill to denounce the North Atlantic Treaty, which would withdraw Bulgaria from NATO. It was filed in the National Assembly; adoption is not confirmed. — Възраждане (party website), 01.09.2025
• Speech at a video conference of the Bulgaria–Russia friendship groups. Fakti.bg reports that she cited „Договора за приятелство между България и Руската федерация от 4 август 1992 г.“ (our translation: the Treaty of Friendship between Bulgaria and the Russian Federation of 4 August 1992) and called for the protection of Soviet-era war memorials. She defended the Паметник на Съветската армия in Sofia. She said that Възраждане members had kept watch over it day and night for more than a year. Only the statement was found, with no follow-up. — Fakti.bg

Other

• Deputy chair of the Central Election Commission from 23 June 2026. She was nominated by Възраждане and appointed by decree of President Йотова as a member of the Central Election Commission, Frognews reports. PP-DB and Възраждане announced that they would refer the distribution of the commission's quotas to the Constitutional Court, novini247 reports. — Frognews, 23.06.2026
• Сега commentary on the political ties of the ЦИК nominations. The newspaper criticises the nomination of politically attached former MPs, her among them, noting that ГЕРБ, ДПС and Възраждане did so. It alleges no wrongdoing by her. The wider dispute over the quotas also involved ПП-ДБ, which lost a seat and is a rival of the nominating parties. She was appointed regardless. — Сега, 10.06.2026