• Source: 1940s in Bulgaria

The 1940s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria (until 1946) and the People's Republic of Bulgaria (from 1946).




Incumbents






= Kingdom of Bulgaria

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Tsar of Bulgaria:
Boris III (1918–1943)
Simeon II (1943–1946)
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

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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)




Events






= 1940

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7 September – Bulgaria regained control of Southern Dobruja under the Treaty of Craiova.
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.
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.




= 1941

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March 1 – Bulgaria joined the Axis.




= 1942

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June 5 – The United States declared war on Bulgaria following the latter's joined of the Axis bloc the previous year.




= 1943

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December 10 – The allies conduct bombing raids over Sofia.




= 1944

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August 26 – Bulgaria officially withdraws from World War II.
September 8 - Soviet forces cross the border. They occupy the north-eastern part of Bulgaria along with the key port cities of Varna and Burgas by the next day. By order of the government, the Bulgarian Army offers no resistance.




= 1945

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18 November – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.
21 July – The University of Ruse was founded.




= 1946

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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.
31 December – The 1946 Bulgarian census.




= 1947

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Bulgaria's second constitution, the Dimitrov Constitution, came into effect. It was later replaced by the Zhivkov Constitution in 1971.




= 1948

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6 January – Balkantourist (the oldest still running Bulgarian tour operator) is established.




= 1949

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18 December – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.




Births


1940
2 July – Georgi Ivan Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.
8 December – Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor.




Deaths


1940
23 March – Dimitar Stanchov, 15th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1863)
10 September – Nikola Ivanov, Bulgarian general (b. 1861)
23 December – Mariyka Popova, actress (b. 1866).




See also


Bulgaria during World War II
History of Bulgaria
Timeline of Bulgarian history




References

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