Bulgaria Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name. People’s Republic of Bulgaria

Type Communist state

Capital: Sofia

Political subdivisions: 27 okrugs (districts); capital city of Sofia has equivalent status

Legal system: based on civil law system, with Soviet law influence, new constitution adopted in 1971; judicial review of legislative acts in the State Council; legal education at University of Sofia; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: National Liberation Day, 9 September

Branches: legislative (National Assembly); judiciary, Supreme Court

Government leaders: Todor Khristov ZHIVKOV, Chairman, State Council (President and (ihief of State, since July 1971); Georgi Ivanov ATANASOV, Chairman, Council of Ministers (Premier; since March 1986)

Suffrage, universal and compulsory over age 18

Elections: held every five years for National Assembly; last election held on 7 June 1981;

• 9 9.96% of the electorate voted

Political parties and leaders: Bulgarian Communist Party, Todor Zhivkov, General Secretary; Bulgarian National Agrarian Union, a puppet party, Petur Tanchev, secretary of Permanent Board

Communists: S25 fill party members (April 1981)

Mass organizations and front groups: Fatherland Front, Dimitrov Communist Ϊ outh Union, Central Council of Trade Unions, National Committee for Defense of

Peace, Union of Fighters Against Fascism and Capitalism, Committee of Bulgarian Women, All-National Committee for Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship

Member of: CEM A, F4O, IAEA, ICAO, ILO, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, IMO, 1PU, ITC, ITU, IWC—International Wheat Council, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO; Warsaw Pact, International Organization of Journalists, International Medical Association International Radio and Television Organization

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.