The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%

       Languages:

       Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown

       Literacy:

       age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)

       total population:

       93%

       male:

       NA%

       female:

       NA%

       Labor force:

       4.3 million

       by occupation:

       industry 33%, agriculture 20%, other 47% (1987)

      @Bulgaria, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       Republic of Bulgaria

       conventional short form:

       Bulgaria

       Digraph:

       BU

       Type:

       emerging democracy

       Capital:

       Sofia

       Administrative divisions:

       9 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Burgas, Grad Sofiya,

       Khaskovo, Lovech, Montana, Plovdiv, Ruse, Sofiya, Varna

       Independence:

       22 September 1908 (from Ottoman Empire)

       National holiday:

       Independence Day 3 March (1878)

       Constitution:

       adopted 12 July 1991

       Legal system:

       based on civil law system, with Soviet law influence; has accepted

       compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

       Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal and compulsory

       Executive branch:

       chief of state:

       President Zhelyu Mitev ZHELEV (since 1 August 1990); Vice President

       (vacant); election last held January 1992; results - Zhelyu ZHELEV was

       elected by popular vote

       head of government:

       Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) Lyuben Borisov

       BEROV (since 30 December 1992); Deputy Chairman of the Council of

       Ministers (Deputy Prime Minister) Evgeniy MATINCHEV (since 30 December

       1992)

       cabinet:

       Council of Ministers; elected by the National Assembly

       Legislative branch:

       unicameral

       National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie):

       last held 13 October 1991; results - UDF (and breakaway factions) 34%,

       BSP 33%, MRF 7.5%; seats - (240 total) UDF 110, BSP 106, Movement for

       Rights and Freedoms 24

       note:

       the UDF split in March 1993 to form the New Union for Democracy (NUD)

       with 18 seats, and the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) with 92 seats

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court, Constitutional Court

       Political parties and leaders:

       Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), Filip DIMITROV, chairman, an

       alliance of approximately 20 pro-Democratic parties including United

       Democratic Center, Democratic Party, Radical Democratic Party,

       Christian Democratic Union, Alternative Social Liberal Party,

       Republican Party, Civic Initiative Movement, and about a dozen other

       groups; Movement for Rights and Freedoms (mainly ethnic Turkish party)

       (MRF), Ahmed DOGAN, chairman; Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Zhan

       VIDENOV, chairman; New Union for Democracy (NUD), Dimitar LUDZHEV,

       chairman

       Other political or pressure groups:

       Ecoglasnost; Podkrepa (Support) Labor Confederation; Fatherland Union;

       Bulgarian Democratic Youth (formerly Communist Youth Union);

       Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (KNSB);

       Nationwide Committee for Defense of National Interests; Peasant Youth

       League; Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - United (BZNS); Bulgarian

       Democratic Center; "Nikola Petkov" Bulgarian Agrarian National Union;

       Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Union of Macedonian

       Societies (IMRO-UMS); numerous regional, ethnic, and national interest

       groups with various agendas

       Member of:

       ACCT (observer), BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CEI (participating), CSCE, EBRD,

       ECE, FAO, G-9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,

       INMARSAT, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer),

       ISO, ITU, LORCS, NACC, NAM (guest), NSG, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,

       UNIDO, UNTAC, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

       Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador Ognyan Raytchev PISHEV

       chancery:

       1621 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

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