1990s in Bulgaria

Overview of the events of the 1990s in Bulgaria

Decades in Bulgaria
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1990s
2000s 2010s 2020s …

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.^[1]

1991

January 22–27 – The 1991 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]

1995

1 April – The first episode of the Bulgarian television comedy Kanaleto is broadcast on Bulgarian National Television.^[6]

1996

May 25 – King Simeon returned to Bulgaria.^[7]

1997

19 April – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.^[8]

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.^[9]

1999

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

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]

References

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^ "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.