1947_in_Bulgaria
1940s in Bulgaria
Overview of the events of the 1940s in Bulgaria
The 1940s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria (until 1946) and the People's Republic of Bulgaria (from 1946).
Kingdom of Bulgaria
- Tsar of Bulgaria:
- Regent:
- Kiril, Prince of Preslav (1943–1944)
- Bogdan Filov (1943–1944)
- Nikola Mihov (1943–1944)
- Todor Pavlov (1944–1946)
- Venelin Ganev (1944–1946)
- Tsvetko Boboshevski (1944–1946)
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
- Georgi Kyoseivanov (1935–1940)
- Bogdan Filiov (1940–1943)
- Petar Gabrovski (acting, 1943)
- Dobri Bozhilov (1943–1944)
- Ivan Bagrianov (1944)
- Konstantin Muraviev (1944)
- Kimon Georgiev (1944–1946)
People's Republic of Bulgaria
- General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party:
- Georgi Dimitrov (1948–1949)
- Valko Chervenkov (1949–1954)
- Chairman of the Provisional Presidency: Vasil Kolarov (1946–1947)
- Chairman of the Presidium: Mincho Neychev (1947–1950)
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
- Kimon Georgiev (1946)
- Georgi Dimitrov (1946–1949)
- Vasil Kolarov (1949–1950)
1940
- 7 September – Bulgaria regained control of Southern Dobruja under the Treaty of Craiova.[1]
- 14 December – Shipwreck of the Salvador, a ship carrying Jewish refugees to Palestine, in the Sea of Marmara. 230 of the 326 passengers died in the wreck.[2]
- 24 December – The Law for the Protection of the Nation, an anti-Jewish racial law which included banning Jews from having Bulgarian citizenship, was ratified.[2]
1941
1942
1943
1944
- August 26 – Bulgaria officially withdraws from World War II.[6]
1945
- 18 November – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.[10]
- 21 July – The University of Ruse was founded.[citation needed]
1946
- 8 September – A referendum was held in Bulgaria on whether to become a republic. The result were unanimously in favour of the change, with 95.6% supporting and with 91.7% voter turnout.[11][12][13]
- 31 December – The 1946 Bulgarian census.[14]
1947
- Bulgaria's second constitution, the Dimitrov Constitution, came into effect. It was later replaced by the Zhivkov Constitution in 1971.[15][16]
1948
- 6 January – Balkantourist (the oldest still running Bulgarian tour operator) is established.[17][18]
1949
- 18 December – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.[19]
- 1940
- 2 July – Georgi Ivan Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.[20]
- 8 December – Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor.[21]
- 1940
- 23 March – Dimitar Stanchov, 15th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1863)[22]
- 10 September – Nikola Ivanov, Bulgarian general (b. 1861)[23]
- 23 December – Mariyka Popova, actress (b. 1866).
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- R. J. Crampton. A Concise History of Bulgaria. Cambridge University Press, 1997. p. 181
- Marietta Stankova. Bulgaria in British Foreign Policy, 1943–1949. Anthem Press, 2015. pp. 63-64
- Robert Bideleux, Ian Jeffries. The Balkans: A Post-Communist History. Routledge, 2007. p. 84
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368-369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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- Nohlen & Stöver, p355
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- "MyHoliday.bg – Портал за ваканция и свободно време". www.myholiday.bg. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- "Юбилей – Плащаме борч с чехкини на плажа – Стандарт". 2009-03-07. Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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- "Yossifov Alexander". Union of Bulgarian Composers. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- Mari Agop Firkatian, Diplomats and Dreamers: The Stancioff Family in Bulgarian History, University Press of America, 2008, pp. 13–14
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