Vili Lilkov

Vili Lilkov
Вили Лилков
Lilkov in 2023
Member of the Sofia City Council
Assumed office
13 November 2023
In office
8 November 1999  27 October 2014
Member of the National Assembly
In office
27 October 2014  26 January 2017
Constituency25th MMC - Sofia
Personal details
Born (1955-04-06) 6 April 1955
Vidin, Bulgaria
Political partyBlue Bulgaria
Other political
affiliations
Union of the Democratic Forces (1994–2004)
Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (2004–2017)
Alma materSofia University (BSc)
Sofia University of Mining and Geology (PhD)
Occupationphysicist, politician

Vili Mladenov Lilkov is a Bulgarian physicist, politician, author, and basketball player. He is the deputy chairman of the Sofia City Council (2023 - 2027) from the "Blue Sofia" coalition. In 2024, he founded the Blue Bulgaria coalition.

He is a professor at the Sofia University of Mining and Geology. Lilkov is also a co-founder of the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria. He served four terms as a member of the Sofia City Council (1999–2014) and was deputy chairman (2011–2014) representing the Union of Democratic Forces and the Blue Coalition. He was a member of the 43rd National Assembly as part of the Reformist Bloc parliamentary group.