1990s in Bulgaria
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| Decades in Bulgaria |
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| 1990s |
The 1990s in the People's Republic of Bulgaria (until November 1990) and the Republic of Bulgaria (from November 1990).
Incumbents
[edit]People's Republic of Bulgaria
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]1990
[edit]- 10 June – Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria.[1]
1991
[edit]- January 22–27 – The 1991 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[2]
1992
[edit]- 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.[3][4]
1993
[edit]1994
[edit]- 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.[5]
1995
[edit]- 1 April – The first episode of the Bulgarian television comedy Kanaleto is broadcast on Bulgarian National Television.[6]
1996
[edit]- May 25 – King Simeon returned to Bulgaria.[7]
1997
[edit]- 19 April – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.[8]
1998
[edit]- 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.[9]
1999
[edit]- Protracted demolition attempts on the marble mausoleum of the first communist leader Georgi Dimitrov become national joke.[10]
- Duet Mania, a Bulgarian pop duet is formed in Sofia.[11]
Deaths
[edit]- 1991
- July 6 - Anton Yugov, prime minister (1956-1962)[12]
- 1993
- 28 June – Boris Christoff, bass singer (b.1914).[13]
- 1994
- November 2 - Grisha Filipov, prime minister (1981-1986)[citation needed]
- 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).[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "BULGARIA: parliamentary elections Narodno Sobranie, 1990". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). International Skating Union. 2013-12-05. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p388
- ^ "ICPDR - International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River |". www.icpdr.org. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Актьорите на "Каналето" се връщат на екран с "Шоуто на Канала"". Life.dir.bg. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Timeline Bulgaria". www.timelines.ws. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "BULGARIA: parliamentary elections Narodno Sobranie, 1997". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Направихме много за бадминтона и България | Вестник "ДУМА"". duma.bg. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Bulgaria". Culture of the World. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "Дует Мания: "Българската публика непрекъснато показва колко много ни обича!" - Фактор Нюз". Factor-news.net. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ^ Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. London: Routledge. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-31747-594-1.
- ^ Kozinn, Allan (1993-06-29). "Boris Christoff, Bass, Dies at 79; Esteemed for His Boris Godunov". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Detrez, Raymond (2015). Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 540. ISBN 978-1-44224-180-0.
