1940s in Bulgaria

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The 1940s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria (until 1946) and the People's Republic of Bulgaria (from 1946).

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Kingdom of Bulgaria

People's Republic of Bulgaria

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1941

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1943

1944

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1946

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1948

1949

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kimon Georgiev</span> Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1934–35, 1944–46)

Kimon Georgiev Stoyanov was a Bulgarian general who was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1934 to 1935 and again from 1944 to 1946. He is considered a "master in the art of coup d'etats."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fatherland Front (Bulgaria)</span> 1944–1989 communist political alliance

The Fatherland Front was a Bulgarian pro-communist political resistance movement, which began in 1942 during World War II. The Zveno movement, the communist Bulgarian Workers Party, a wing of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party all became part of the OF. The constituent groups of the OF had widely contrasting ideologies and had united only in the face of the pro-German militarist dictatorship in Bulgaria. At the beginning, the members of the OF worked together, without a single dominating group. Professional associations and unions could be members of the front and maintain their organisational independence. However, the Bulgarian Communist Party soon began to dominate. In 1944, after the Soviet Union had declared war on Bulgaria, the OF carried out a coup d'état and declared war on Germany and the other Axis powers. The OF government, headed by Kimon Georgiev of Zveno, signed a ceasefire treaty with the Soviet Union. In the summer of 1945 most of BANU led by Nikola Petkov and most of the Social-Democrats had left the OF and became a large opposition group which later on after the 1946 Grand National Assembly election would become a coalition named "Federation of the village and urban labour" with 99 MPs out of 465.

<i>Zveno</i> 1927–1949 Bulgarian nationalist military and political organisation

Zveno, Politicheski krag "Zveno", officially Political Circle "Zveno" was a Bulgarian political organization, founded in 1930 by Bulgarian politicians, intellectuals and Bulgarian Army officers. It was associated with a newspaper of that name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vasil Kolarov</span> Bulgarian communist politician (1877–1950)

Vasil Petrov Kolarov was a Bulgarian communist political leader and leading functionary in the Communist International (Comintern).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kingdom of Bulgaria</span> State in southeastern Europe from 1908 to 1946

The Tsardom of Bulgaria, also referred to as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom, sometimes translated in English as the "Kingdom of Bulgaria", or simply Bulgaria, was a constitutional monarchy in Southeastern Europe, which was established on 5 October 1908, when the Bulgarian state was raised from a principality to a tsardom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1899 Bulgarian parliamentary election</span>

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 April 1899. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 89 of the 169 seats. Voter turnout was 49.5%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1946 Bulgarian republic referendum</span>

A referendum on becoming a republic was held in Bulgaria on 8 September 1946. Official results showed 96% in favour of the change against only 4% in favour of retaining the monarchy, with voter turnout reported to be 92%. The monarchy had effectively ended soon after the coup of 9 September 1944, which saw the Fatherland Front seize power. At that time, the regency council for the de jure head of state, Tsar Simeon II, was replaced by a new council made up entirely of members of the Bulgarian Communist Party, the dominant force of the Fatherland Front.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1903 Bulgarian parliamentary election</span>

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 19 October 1903. The result was a victory for the People's Party, which won 134 of the 169 seats. Voter turnout was 41.2%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1919 Bulgarian parliamentary election</span>

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 August 1919. The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 77 of the 236 seats. Voter turnout was 55%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1949 Bulgarian parliamentary election</span>

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 December 1949. They were the first legislative elections held under undisguised Communist rule. With all meaningful opposition having been destroyed, voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. According to official figures, almost 4.7 million people turned out to vote and only 980 of them voted against the list, while another 109,963 ballots were invalid or blank. Voter turnout was reportedly 98.9 percent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">People's Liberal Party</span> 1886–1920 political party in Bulgaria

The People's Liberal Party was a political party in Bulgaria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Constitutional Bloc (Bulgaria)</span> Early-1920s political alliance in Bulgaria

The Constitutional Bloc was a political alliance in Bulgaria in the early 1920s. It was formed by parties that opposed the ruling Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU) in the early 1920s.

The 1900s in the Principality of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

The 1910s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

The 1920s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

The 1930s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

The 1950s in the People's Republic of Bulgaria.

The 1960s in the People's Republic of Bulgaria.

The 1990s in the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Bulgaria.

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