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In 1831, the Belgium Congress proclaimed Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg as the first monarch of an independent Belgium.
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The ruling centre-right National Movement for Simeon II, led by Bulgaria's ex-king and prime minister since 2001, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, won 20%.
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An ex-Communist, Georgi Purvanov, was elected president of Bulgaria , against the wishes of the country's prime minister, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, its ex-king.
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The former King, Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, swept to parliamentary victory in the 2001 election, but never quite settled into the prime minister's chair.
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Antiquorum will offer a beautiful musical fan with a hidden watch from around 1810 a gift from Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Vicomte de Morais.
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Several years ago Bulgaria's new prime minister, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was shocked to discover that an entrepreneur in his country had to obtain 17 government permits in order to start a business.
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The Socialists topped the poll with 31%, but they may yet allow the incumbent prime minister, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, to continue in office if they can strike the right deal with his party.
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When Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha took office nearly two years ago, he was shocked to discover that entrepreneurs had to work their way through 17 government bureaus in order to obtain legal permission to start businesses.
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Corruption among prosecutors and the judiciary makes it hard to obtain convictions even after the police arrest suspects and collect evidence, complains Boiko Borisov, who resigned as Bulgaria's chief policeman to win a parliamentary seat for Mr Saxe-Coburg's party.
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It was when Queen Victoria decided, 17 years after her marriage to her cousin Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to appoint him Prince Consort and to consult him fully about the matters of state that she had to deal with as sovereign.
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