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Country Name

Conventional long form: Republic of Bulgaria

Conventional short form: Bulgaria

Administrative Divisions

9 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Burgas, Grad Sofiya, Khaskovo, Lovech, Montana, Plovdiv, Ruse, Sofiya, Varna

Independence

22 September 1908 (from Ottoman Empire)

National Holiday

Independence Day, 3 March (1878)

Constitution

Adopted 12 July 1991

Legal System

civil law and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

International Law Organization Participation

Citizenship

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Executive Branch

Chief of state: President Petar STOYANOV (since 22 January 1997); Vice President Todor KAVALDZHIEV (since 22 January 1997)

Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) Ivan KOSTOV (since 19 May 1997); Deputy Prime Minister Petur ZHOTEV (since 21 December 1999)

Cabinet: Council of Ministers elected by the National Assembly

Elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for five-year terms; election last held 27 October and 3 November 1996 (next to be held NA 2001); chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) nominated by the president; deputy prime ministers nominated by the prime minister

Election results: Petar STOYANOV elected president; percent of vote - Petar STOYANOV 59.73%

Legislative Branch

Elections: last held 19 April 1997 (next to be held NA 2001)

Election results: percent of vote by party - UtdDF 52%, BSP 22%, ANS 7%, Euro-left 5.5%, BBB 4.95%; seats by party - UtdDF 137, BSP 58, ANS 19, Euro-left 14, BBB 12; note - seating as of May 1997

Judicial Branch

Supreme Court, chairman appointed for a seven-year term by the president; Constitutional Court, 12 justices appointed or elected for nine-year terms

Political Parties and Leaders

Alliance for National Salvation or ANS (coalition led mainly by Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS) [Ahmed DOGAN]; Bulgarian Business Bloc or BBB [Georgi GANCHEV]; Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Georgi PURVANOV, chairman]; Democratic Left of DL [leader NA]; Euro-left [Aleksandur TOMOV]; Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS (member of LDU) [Ahmed DOGAN]; People's Union or PU [Anastasiya MOZER]; Union of Democratic Forces or UtdDF (an alliance of pro-democratic parties) [Ivan KOSTOV]

Political Pressure Groups and Leaders

Agrarian movement; Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - United or BZNS; Bulgarian Democratic Center; Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria or CITUB; Democratic Alliance for the Republic or DAR; Gergiov Den; Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization or IMRO; New Union for Democracy or NUD; "Nikola Petkov" Bulgarian Agrarian National Union; Podkrepa Labor Confederation; numerous regional, ethnic, and national interest groups with various agendas

Flag Description

Three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and red; the national emblem formerly on the hoist side of the white stripe has been removed - it contained a rampant lion within a wreath of wheat ears below a red five-pointed star and above a ribbon bearing the dates 681 (first Bulgarian state established) and 1944 (liberation from Nazi control)

National Anthem

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Government Type

  • Parliamentary democracy

Data Code

  • BU

Capital

    Sofia

Diplomatic Representation in the US

  • Chief Of Mission
    Ambassador Philip DIMITROV
  • Chancery
    1621 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
  • Telephone
    [1] (202) 387-0174, 387-0365, 483-1386
  • FAX
    [1] (202) 234-7973
  • Consulate(s)
    New York

Diplomatic Representation from the US

  • Chief Of Mission
    Ambassador Richard MILES
  • Embassy
    1 Saborna Street, Sofia
  • Mailing Address
    American Embassy Sofia, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5740
  • Telephone
    [359] (2) 980-52-41 through 48
  • FAX
    [359] (2) 981-89-77

International Organization Participation

  • ACCT
  • BIS
  • BSEC
  • CCC
  • CE
  • CEI
  • CERN
  • EAPC
  • EBRD
  • ECE
  • EU (applicant)
  • FAO
  • G- 9
  • IAEA
  • IBRD
  • ICAO
  • ICFTU
  • ICRM
  • IFC
  • IFRCS
  • IHO (pending member)
  • ILO
  • IMF
  • IMO
  • Inmarsat
  • Intelsat
  • Interpol
  • IOC
  • IOM
  • ISO
  • ITU
  • NAM (guest)
  • NSG
  • OAS (observer)
  • OPCW
  • OSCE
  • PCA
  • PFP
  • UN
  • UNCTAD
  • UNESCO
  • UNIDO
  • UNMIBH
  • UNMIK
  • UNMOP
  • UPU
  • WEU (associate partner)
  • WFTU
  • WHO
  • WIPO
  • WMO
  • WToO
  • WTrO
  • ZC
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