{{short description|Bulgarian politician (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ivaylo Valchev | honorific_suffix = MEP | image = 1718705240687 20240617 VALCHEV Ivaylo BG 007.jpg | caption = | office = Member of the European Parliament<br/>for Bulgaria | term_start = 16 July 2024 | term_end = | office2 = Member of the National Assembly | term_start2 = 12 April 2023 | term_end2 = 18 June 2024 | constituency2 = Burgas | term_start3 = 15 April 2021 | term_end3 = 15 September 2021 | constituency3 = Burgas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|9 January 1972|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = | party = There is Such a People | other_party = European Conservatives and Reformists | alma_mater = | signature = | children = | father = Vanyo Valchev }}
'''Ivaylo Vanev Valchev''' ({{langx|bg|Ивайло Ванев Вълчев}}; 9 January 1972) is a Bulgarian poet, screenwriter, lyricist, and politician of There is Such a People (ITN). He was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.<ref name="CIK">{{cite web|url=https://results.cik.bg/europe2024/rezultati/index.html|title=Избори за членове на Европейския парламент от Република България и за народни представители {{!}} 9 юни 2024: Сумарни данни|publisher=Central Election Commission|language=bg}}</ref>
==Early life and career== Valchev was born in Burgas in 1972,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257258/IVAYLO_VALCHEV/home|title=Ivaylo Valchev|publisher=European Parliament}}</ref> as the son of Vanyo Valchev.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bgdnes.bg/bulgaria/article/10135781|title=Бащата на Ивайло Вълчев от ИТН Ваньо Вълчев: Поетът у сина ми е по-силен от политиката|date=1 September 2021|language=bg}}</ref> He has written several songs for Ku-Ku Band, which includes ITN leader Slavi Trifonov.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telegraph.bg/izbori/novini/na-onlajn-brifing-slavi-trifonov-izdigna-kultov-scenarist-za-kmet-na-sofiia.-myzhyt-proslavil-frenskata-gimnaziia-vliza-v-bitkata-za-stolicata-video-390281|title=НА ОНЛАЙН БРИФИНГ: Слави Трифонов издигна култов сценарист за кмет на София (ВИДЕО)|work=Telegraph|date=21 September 2023|language=bg}}</ref> In 1999 he wrote PFC CSKA Sofia's anthem "Sartsa cherveni".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prosport.bg/news/18034/Данчето-подари-Сърца-червени-на-ЦСКА|title=Данчето подари "Сърца червени" на ЦСКА|work=Prosport.bg|date=11 May 2011|language=bg}}</ref> He co-wrote "Planet of the Children", which represented Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plevenutre.bg/2014/09/30/263105-slavi_izprashta_krisia_na_detskata_evrovizia_s_planetata_na_detsata|title=Слави изпраща Крисия на детската Евровизия с "Планетата на децата"|work=Plevenutre.bg|date=30 September 2014|language=bg}}</ref> as well as "Colour of Hope", which represented Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bntnews.bg/bg/a/tsveta-t-na-nadezhdata-shte-zvuchi-na-evroviziya-774593|title="Цветът на надеждата" ще звучи на Евровизия|publisher=Bulgarian National Television|date=18 October 2015|language=bg}}</ref>
==Political career== Valchev was a member of the National Assembly in 2021, in the 45th and 46th meetings of the parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://offnews.bg/politika/ivajlo-valchev-se-zavarna-v-politikata-vodi-dve-listi-na-itn-783958.html|title=Ивайло Вълчев се завърна в политиката, води две листи на ИТН|work=OFFNews.bg|date=29 August 2022|language=bg}}</ref> In the 2023 Sofia mayoral election, he was the candidate of the ITN for mayor of Sofia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediapool.bg/ivailo-valchev-e-kandidatat-za-kmet-na-sofiya-na-ima-takav-narod-news351617.html|title=Ивайло Вълчев е кандидатът за кмет на София на "Има такъв народ"|work=Mediapool.bg|date=22 September 2023|language=bg}}</ref> He was elected to the European Parliament in 2024,<ref name="CIK"/> and in July 2024 was elected member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurocom.bg/2024/07/04/ivaylo-vlchev-be-izbran-za-chlen-na-byuroto-na-grupata-na-ekr-v-evropeyskiya-parlament/|title=Ивайло Вълчев бе избран за член на бюрото на групата на ЕКР в Европейския парламент|work=Eurocom|date=4 July 2024|language=bg}}</ref>
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