The politics of Bulgaria take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the prime minister is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party,also known as The Centenarian,is a centre-left,social democratic political party in Bulgaria. The BSP is a member of the Socialist International,Party of European Socialists,and Progressive Alliance. Although founded in 1990 in its modern form,it traces its political heritage back to the founding of the BRSDP in 1891. It is also Bulgaria's largest party by membership numbers.
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms is a centrist political party in Bulgaria with a support base among ethnic minority communities.
Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev is a Bulgarian politician who served Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Socialist Party,which he led from 2001 to 2014,he later served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2024. Stanishev was also the President of the European Socialists from 2011 to 2022 and a Member of the National Assembly from 1997 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2014.
The National Assembly (Bulgarian:Народносъбрание,romanized: Narodno Sabranie is the unicameral parliament and legislative body of the Republic of Bulgaria. The first National Assembly was established in 1879 with the Tarnovo Constitution.
Meglena Shtilianova Kuneva is a Bulgarian and EU politician.
The eighty-ninth cabinet of Bulgaria,also known as the Three-party coalition cabinet and the Stanishev Government,ruled from August 17,2005,to July 27,2009. The cabinet was formed with the coalition of the three leading at that time:BSP,NDSV and DPS,in order of their parliamentary representation. Their parliamentary representation also determined the number of cabinet appointments.
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 12 May 2013,two months ahead of schedule. Protests had forced the resignation of the GERB government in February,leading to the election being moved up.
An election of the Members of the European Parliament from Bulgaria to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2014 as part of the larger European Parliament election. After a decision by the European Council in 2013,Bulgaria was allocated 17 seats in the European Parliament for the Eighth European Parliament.
Plamen Vasilev Oresharski is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2013 to 2014. Affiliated with the Bulgarian Socialist Party,he previously served as Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2013,Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2009 and Deputy Minister of Finance from 1997 to 2001.
Mihail Raykov Mikov is a Bulgarian politician who was Chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) from 2014 to 2016. He is a parliamentarian with six consecutive terms as a deputy in the National Assembly. His career in the legislature culminated in his election as Chairman of the 42nd National Assembly on May 21,2013. Mikov was Minister of Interior from 24 April 2008 to 29 July 2009 in Sergei Stanishev's government. Currently he is the leader of the Parliamentary Group of BSP Left Bulgaria in the 43rd National Assembly,the coalition led by the socialist party. Mihail Mikov was elected as Chairman of the BSP on 27 July 2014,succeeding Sergei Stanishev. He won a run-off against outgoing Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev with a final tally of 377-333.
The Oresharski Government was the ninety-second cabinet of Bulgaria which took office on 29 May 2013. The government,led by Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski,is one of technocrats created following the 2013 election. The cabinet was dissolved on 6 August 2014 to make way for a caretaker government that would lead Bulgaria through early elections in October of the same year.
Maya Bozhidarova Manolova is a Bulgarian politician and the leader of the political movement Stand Up.BG,part of the Stand Up! Mafia,get out! coalition. She was formerly the vice-chairperson as well as a deputy in the Bulgarian National Assembly,as well National Ombudsman of Bulgaria.
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 October 2014 to elect the 43rd National Assembly. GERB remained the largest party,winning 84 of the 240 seats with around a third of the vote. A total of eight parties won seats,the first time since the beginning of democratic elections in 1990 that more than seven parties entered parliament. Boyko Borisov then became prime minister as head of a coalition with the Reformist Bloc and with outside support from the Patriotic Front and the Alternative for Bulgarian Revival.
The ninety-fourth Cabinet of Bulgaria took office on November 7,2014. It was a coalition government chaired by Boyko Borisov. The government was formed after Borisov's party,GERB,won the 2014 parliamentary election. As GERB won 84 out of the 240 seats in the National Assembly,they were compelled to form a coalition to legally govern.
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 26 March 2017. They had originally been scheduled for 2018 at the end of the four-year term of the National Assembly. However,following the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the failure of Bulgarian parties to form a government,early elections were called. Borisov resigned following the defeat of Tsetska Tsacheva,the candidate of his GERB party,in the November 2016 presidential elections. The official election campaign began on 24 February.
Tsveta Valcheva Karayancheva is a Bulgarian engineer and politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2021. A member of the GERB party,she also served as Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2021,before returning in 2024.
General elections were held in Bulgaria on 14 November 2021 to elect both the President and the National Assembly. They were the country's third parliamentary elections in 2021,with no party able to form a government after the elections in April and July. A second round of the presidential elections were held on 21 November 2021 as no candidate was able to receive a majority of the vote in the first round.
Early parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 2 October 2022 to elect members of the 48th National Assembly. The snap election was called after the fall of the Petkov Government,a four-party coalition,in June 2022. This was the fourth parliamentary election since 2021,an unprecedented situation in Bulgarian history,the previous elections being the April,July,and November 2021 elections.
We Continue the Change,sometimes translated as Change Continues,is a centrist,anti-corruption political party and formerly an electoral alliance in Bulgaria led by Kiril Petkov and Asen Vasilev,two former caretaker ministers. It was founded ahead of the November 2021 election. The party was officially registered on 15 April.
