Bulgarien Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Sofia
geographische Koordinaten: 42 41 N, 23 19 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

3 März 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)

Nationalfeiertag

Liberation Day, 3 März (1878)

Konstitution

adopted 12 Juli 1991

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Georgi PARVANOV (seit dem 22 January 2002); Vice Staatspräsident Angel MARIN (seit dem 22 January 2002)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Sergei STANISHEV (seit dem 16 August 2005); Deputy Prime Ministers Ivaylo KALFIN, Daniel VULCHEV, and Emel ETEM (seit dem 16 August 2005) and Meglena PLUGCHIEVA (seit dem 25 April 2008)
cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister and elected by the National Assembly
elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 22 and 29 October 2006 (next to be held in 2011); chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) nominated by the president and elected by the National Assembly; deputy prime ministers nominated by the prime minister and elected by the National Assembly
election results: Georgi PARVANOV reelected president; percent of vote - Georgi PARVANOV 77.3%, Volen SIDEROV 22.7%; Sergei STANISHEV elected prime minister, result of legislative vote - 168 to 67