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bulgaria**

H.E. Stefka Soeva,
Chairperson, Central Election Commission of Bulgaria

part i 12. Literacy Levels
98.4 %
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
part ii
1. Country Name LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
BULGARIA

2. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Republika Bulgariya
1. Structure of National Legislature
3. Government Unicameral
Parliamentary Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
4. Head of the Government National Assembly
Prime Minister – Boyko Borisov
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
5. Head of the State nominated
President – Rumen Radev 240 members of the National Assembly are elect-
ed with a proportional electoral system with party
6. Capital candidate lists, registered in multi-seat constit-
Sofia uencies and coalitions and initiative committees
with available preference option of a candidate
7. Currency from the list.
Bulgarian lev
4. Popular House
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) National Assembly
Bulgarian 76.9%, Turkish 8%, Romani 4.4%, other
0.7% (including Russian, Armenian, and Vlach), 5. Type of Electoral System
other (unknown) 10% (2011 est.) Proportional Representation

9. Date of Independence and from which Country part ii
3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality with- LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
in the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (com-
plete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
13 July 1991 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Central Election Commission of Bulgaria
11. Language (s)
Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Romani 2. Website Address
3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.) www.cik.bg

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