1990s in Bulgaria

The 1990s in the People's Republic of Bulgaria (until November 1990) and the Republic of Bulgaria (from November 1990).

Incumbents

People's Republic of Bulgaria

• General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party: Petar Mladenov (1989–1990)
• Chairman of the State Council: Petar Mladenov (1989–1990)
• Chairman of the Republic:
  • Petar Mladenov (1990)
  • Stanko Todorov (1990)
  • Nikolai Todorov (1990)
  • Zhelyu Zhelev (1990)
• Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
  • Georgi Atanasov (1986–1990)
  • Andrey Lukanov (1990)

Republic of Bulgaria

• President of Bulgaria:
  • Zhelyu Zhelev (1990–1997)
  • Petar Stoyanov (1997–2002)
• Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
  • Andrey Lukanov (1990)
  • Dimitar Iliev Popov (1990–1991)
  • Philip Dimitrov (1991–1992)
  • Lyuben Berov (1992–1994)
  • Reneta Indzhova (1994–1995)
  • Zhan Videnov (1995–1997)
  • Stefan Sofiyanski (1997)
  • Ivan Kostov (1997–2001)

Events

1990

• 10 June – Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria.

1991

• January 22–27 – The 1991 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

1992

• 12 – 19 January – The first direct presidential elections were held in Bulgaria. Incumbent President Zhelyu Zhelev of the Union of Democratic Forces won 52.8% of the vote in the second round.

1993

1994

• The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), an organisation established by the Danube River Protection Convention, was signed by the Danube countries in Sofia, Bulgaria.

1995

• 1 April – The first episode of the Bulgarian television comedy Kanaleto is broadcast on Bulgarian National Television.

1996

• May 25 – King Simeon returned to Bulgaria.

1997

• 19 April – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.

1998

• 18 – 25 April – The 16th European Badminton Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and were hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Bulgarian Badminton Federation.

1999

• Protracted demolition attempts on the marble mausoleum of the first communist leader Georgi Dimitrov become national joke.
• Duet Mania, a Bulgarian pop duet is formed in Sofia.

Deaths

• 1991
  • July 6 - Anton Yugov, prime minister (1956-1962)
• 1993
  • 28 June – Boris Christoff, bass singer (b.1914).
• 1994
  • November 2 - Grisha Filipov, prime minister (1981-1986)
• 1996
  • October 2 - Andrey Lukanov, prime minister (1990)
  • December 17 - Stanko Todorov, prime minister (1971-1981)
• 1998
  • August 5 - Todor Zhivkov, head of state (1954-1989).

See also

• History of Bulgaria
• Timeline of Bulgarian history

References

1. 1990s
2. Economy of Bulgaria
3. Bulgaria
4. Religion in Bulgaria
5. Sofia
6. List of Bulgarian films of the 1990s
7. Education in Bulgaria
8. Bulgaria during World War II
9. Romani people in Bulgaria
10. Demographics of Bulgaria
11. 1980s in Bulgaria
12. Women in Bulgaria
13. Bulgarian diaspora
14. Bulgarian mafia
15. Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
16. Bulgarians
17. Bulgarian language
18. History of Bulgaria
19. Bulgarian Land Forces
20. Transport in Bulgaria