The

1990s File:1990s decade montage.png, From top left, clockwise: The Hubble Space Telescope orbits the Earth after it was launched in 1990; American F-16s and F-15s fly over burning oil fields in Operation Desert Storm, also known as the 1991 Gulf War ...

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 The prime minister of Bulgaria ( bg, Министър-председател, Ministar-predsedatel) is the head of government of Bulgaria. They are the leader of a political coalition in the Bulgarian parliament – known as the National Assemb ...

: ** 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 Philip Dimitrov Dimitrov ( bg, Филип Димитров Димитров ) (born 31 March 1955) is a Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1991 – 1992, MP in the 36th (1991 – 1994), 37th (1994 – 1997) and the 40th (2005 � ...

(1991–1992) ** Lyuben Berov (1992–1994) ** Reneta Indzhova (1994–1995) **

Zhan Videnov Zhan Vasilev Videnov ( bg, Жан Василев Виденов ; born 22 March 1959), sometimes spelled in English as Jean Videnov, was Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 25 January 1995 until 13 February 1997, a term remembered for the most severe ...

(1995–1997) **

Stefan Sofiyanski Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski ( bg, Стефан Антонов Софиянски ) (born November 7, 1951) is a Bulgarian politician who served as interim Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 1997 and was a three-term Mayor of Sofia. He was a leading membe ...

(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 The 1991 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 22–27 January 1991. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' s ...

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.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p369 Nohlen & Stöver, p388

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 Tsar Simeon (also Symeon) I the Great ( cu, цѣсар҄ь Сѷмеѡ́нъ А҃ Вели́къ, cěsarĭ Sỳmeonŭ prĭvŭ Velikŭ bg, цар Симеон I Велики, Simeon I Veliki el, Συμεών Αʹ ὁ Μέγας, Sumeṓn prôto ...

returned to Bulgaria.

1997

* 19 April –

Parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-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 Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov (; bg, Гео̀рги Димитро̀в Миха̀йлов), also known as Georgiy Mihaylovich Dimitrov (russian: Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Дими́тров; 18 June 1882 – 2 July 1949), was a Bulgarian ...

become national joke. *

Duet Mania Duet Mania ( bg, Дует Мания) is a Bulgarian pop duet formed in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1999 and consisting of two sisters: Daniela Petkova and Julia Dimitrova. Duet Mania members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens in their h ...

, a Bulgarian pop duet is formed in Sofia.

Deaths

* 1991 ** July 6 -

Anton Yugov Anton Tanev (Dontcho) Yugov ( bg, Антон Танев Югов) (28 August 1904 – 6 July 1991) was a Bulgarian politician who was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP), and served as Prime Minister of the country from 19 ...

, prime minister (1956-1962) * 1993 ** 28 June –

Boris Christoff Boris Christoff ( bg, Борис Кирилов Христов, Boris Kirilov Hristov, ; 18 May 1914 – 28 June 1993) was a Bulgarian opera singer, widely considered one of the greatest basses of the 20th century. Early life He was born i ...

, bass singer (b.1914). * 1994 ** November 2 -

Grisha Filipov Georgi (Grisha) Stanchev Filipov ( bg, Георги (Гриша) Станчев Филипов) (July 13, 1919 – November 2, 1994) was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Biography He was born in the small town of Kadievka, Ukra ...

, 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)

References

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