1990s in Bulgaria
The 1990s in the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Bulgaria.
Incumbents
People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Communist Party: Petar Mladenov
- Chairman of the State Council: Petar Mladenov
- Chairman of the Republic:
- * Petar Mladenov
- * Stanko Todorov
- * Nikolai Todorov
- * Zhelyu Zhelev
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
- * Georgi Atanasov
- * Andrey Lukanov
Republic of Bulgaria
- President of Bulgaria:
- * Zhelyu Zhelev
- * Petar Stoyanov
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
- * Andrey Lukanov
- * Dimitar Iliev Popov
- * Philip Dimitrov
- * Lyuben Berov
- * Reneta Indzhova
- * Zhan Videnov
- * Stefan Sofiyanski
- * Ivan Kostov
Events
1990
- 10 June – Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria.
1991
- January 22–27 – The 1991 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
1992
- 12 – 19 January – The first direct presidential elections were held in Bulgaria. Incumbent President Zhelyu Zhelev of the Union of Democratic Forces won 52.8% of the vote in the second round.
- 4 December - The national census is conducted, providing a population of 8,487,317 people.
1994
- The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, an organisation established by the Danube River Protection Convention, was signed by the Danube countries in Sofia, Bulgaria.
1995
- 1 April – The first episode of the Bulgarian television comedy Kanaleto is broadcast on Bulgarian National Television.
1996
- May 25 – King Simeon returned to Bulgaria.
1997
- 19 April – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.
1998
- 18 – 25 April – The 16th European Badminton Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and were hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Bulgarian Badminton Federation.
1999
- Protracted demolition attempts on the marble mausoleum of the first communist leader Georgi Dimitrov become national joke.
- Duet Mania, a Bulgarian pop duet is formed in Sofia.
Deaths
- 1990
- * January 17 – Panka Pelishek, pianist and music teacher.
- 1991
- * July 6 – Anton Yugov, prime minister
- 1993
- * 28 June – Boris Christoff, bass singer.
- 1994
- * November 2 – Grisha Filipov, prime minister
- 1996
- * October 2 – Andrey Lukanov, prime minister
- * December 17 – Stanko Todorov, prime minister
- 1998
- * August 5 – Todor Zhivkov, head of state.