1990s in 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.