events
Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
Related Wikipedia articles
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Socialist republic in Eastern Europe (1946–1990)
The People's Republic of Bulgaria was the official name of Bulgaria when it was a socialist republic from 1946 to 1990, ruled by the Bulgarian Communist Party together with its coalition partner, the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union. Bulgaria was closely allied and one of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Todor Zhivkov
De facto leader of Communist Bulgaria from 1954 to 1989
Todor Hristov Zhivkov was a Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He was the second longest-serving leader in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Petar Mladenov
Final leader of Communist Bulgaria (1989-90); first President of Bulgaria (1990)
Petar Toshev Mladenov was a Bulgarian communist diplomat and politician. He was the last leader of the Bulgarian People's Republic from 1989 to 1990, and briefly the first President of the Bulgarian Republic in 1990.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)