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Politics of Bulgaria takes place in a framework of a Parliamentary Representative Democratic Republic , whereby the Minister-Chairman is the Head Of Government , and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive Power is exercised by the government. Legislative Power is vested in both the Government and the National Assembly . Since 1990 Bulgaria has an unstable party system, wherein nowadays the post-communist social democratic Bulgarian Socialist Party and the personalist liberal National Movement Simeon II are dominant. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The U.S. Freedom House rates the country with a 1 on political rights and with a 2 on Civil Rights (on a scale of 1 to 7 whereas 1 is the most free). Freedom House considers Bulgaria to be a Free Country . DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1990 The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) won the first post-communist Assembly elections in 1990 with a small majority. The BSP government formed at that time was brought down by a general strike in late 1990 and replaced by a transitional coalition government. Meanwhile, Zhelyu Zhelev , a communist-era dissident, was elected President by the Assembly in 1990 and later won Bulgaria's first direct presidential elections, in 1992. Zhelev served until early 1997. The country's first fully democratic Assembly elections, in November 1991, ushered in another coalition government, which was led by the pro-reform Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) in partnership with the Turkish party Movement For Rights And Freedoms (MRF). This coalition collapsed in late 1992, however, and was succeeded by a technocratic team, put forward by the MRF, which governed at the sufferance of the BSP for 2 years. The BSP won pre-term elections in December 1994 and remained in office until February 1997, when a populace alienated by the BSP's failed, corrupt government demanded its resignation and called for new elections. A caretaker cabinet appointed by the President served until pre-term parliamentary elections in April 1997, which yielded a landslide victory for pro-reform forces led by the UDF in the United Democratic Forces coalition. In 2001 , former King Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha returned to power, this time as Prime Minister with his National Movement Simeon II . The last parliamentary elections took place on 25 June 2005 . On July 27 , 2005 the Bulgarian Parliament chose Sergey Stanishev of the Bulgarian Socialist Party as the new Prime Minister in a coalition government with the Movement For Rights And Freedoms . The vote was 120 against 119. However, the parliament voted against the cabinet's staff by 119 to 117 votes. Finally, on August 15 , 2005 , the BSP and National Movement Simeon II formed a stable government, along with the Movement For Rights And Freedoms . This Grand Coalition comprises the three largest parties. This coalition will have a large majority in parliament with 169 of the 240 deputies. MAIN OFFICE HOLDERS | ||
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Georgi_Parvanov" class="copylinks">Georgi Parvanov |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Bulgarian_Socialist_Party" class="copylinks">BSP |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/22_January" class="copylinks">22 January 2002 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Angel_Marin" class="copylinks">Angel Marin |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Bulgarian_Socialist_Party" class="copylinks">BSP |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/22_January" class="copylinks">22 January 2002 |
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| !align | left Minister-Chairman |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Sergey_Stanishev" class="copylinks">Sergey Stanishev |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Bulgarian_Socialist_Party" class="copylinks">BSP |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/17_August" class="copylinks">17 August 2005 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Ivaylo_Kalfin" class="copylinks">Ivaylo Kalfin |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Bulgarian_Socialist_Party" class="copylinks">BSP |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/17_August" class="copylinks">17 August 2005 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Daniel_Valchev" class="copylinks">Daniel Valchev |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/National_Movement_Simeon_II" class="copylinks">NDSV |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/17_August" class="copylinks">17 August 2005 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Emel_Etem_Toshkova" class="copylinks">Emel Etem Toshkova |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Movement_for_Rights_and_Freedoms" class="copylinks">DPS |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/17_August" class="copylinks">17 August 2005 |
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| !align | left Chairman Of The National Assembly |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Georgi_Pirinski" class="copylinks">Georgi Pirinski |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Bulgarian_Socialist_Party" class="copylinks">BSP |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/11_July" class="copylinks">11 July 2005 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Lyuben_Kornezov" class="copylinks">Lyuben Kornezov |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Bulgarian_Socialist_Party" class="copylinks">BSP |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/11_July" class="copylinks">11 July 2005 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Kamelia_Kasabova" class="copylinks">Kamelia Kasabova |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/National_Movement_Simeon_II" class="copylinks">NDSV |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/11_July" class="copylinks">11 July 2005 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Yunal_Lyutfi" class="copylinks">Yunal Lyutfi |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Movement_for_Rights_and_Freedoms" class="copylinks">DPS |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/11_July" class="copylinks">11 July 2005 |
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| !align | left Chairman Of The Constitutional Court |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Rumen_Yankov" class="copylinks">Rumen Yankov |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/8_November" class="copylinks">8 November 2006 |
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