The People's Alliance () was a

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n party created on 14 October 1921 by a group of non-party university teachers. Among its founders were Aleksandar Grekov,

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, Petko Staynov, Dimitar Mishaykov and others. The purpose of the People's Alliance was to stop the growing influence of the leftists and the authoritarian rule of the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union. After the government of

Aleksandar Stamboliyski Aleksandar Stoimenov Stamboliyski (; 1 March 1879 – 14 June 1923) was a Bulgarian politician who served as the List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria from 1919 until 1923. Stamboliyski was a memb ...

eliminated the leaders of the opposition Constitutional Bloc in the end of 1922 and the fraud of the 1923 elections, the leaders of the People's Alliance allied with the Military Union and the

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which was decisive for the 9 June coup d'état. After the coup the People's Alliance entered in the newly formed party Democratic Alliance. The People's Alliance was sometimes called by its opponents the "Black Bloc" or the "Black Blood Bloc".Окръжно на изпълнителния комитет към Постоянното присъствие на БЗНС, публикувано в ''Септемврийското въстание 1923 г., Димитър Косев, С., 1973, стр. 581-582''

Leaders

* 1921–1922: Aleksandar Grekov * 1922–1923:

* 1924–1925: Mitko Halvadzhiev

Notes

Political parties established in 1921 Political parties disestablished in 1923 1921 establishments in Bulgaria Defunct political parties in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-party-stub