Bulgaria’s ex-Communist ruler for 35 years Todor Zhivkov flanked by the future Prime Minister Boyko Borissov - 1996, Sofia.
A martial arts master, after a career in private security, Borissov moved to politics and served as mayor of the capital Sofia. A party he founded won a landslide parliamentary victory in July 2009.
Fast forward 5 years: same job, new boss. Borissov providing security for the last King of Bulgaria, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Spring 2001, Plovdiv.
Simeon II returned to power as PM after the party he founded won a landslide victory only a few weeks later.
© Velislav Radev