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National Assembly
Народно събрание
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker TBD
Structure
Seats 240 (257 including the government)
Structure of the National Assembly as of 2012
Political groups
  •      GERB (97)
  •      BSP (84)
  •      DPS (36)
  •      ATAKA (23)
Elections
Last election Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2013
Meeting place
National Assembly, Sofia
Website
http://parliament.bg/

The National Assembly (Bulgarian: Народно събрание, Narodno sabranie) is the unicameral parliament and body of the legislative of Bulgaria.

The National Assembly was established in 1879 with the Tarnovo Constitution.

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Ordinary National Assembly

Office house of the National Assembly (Former House of the Communist Party of Bulgaria)
The fist National Assembly of Bulgaria in Veliko Tarnovo
Another view from Tsar Osvoboditel.
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The National Assembly consists of 240 members(258 if the ministers are included) elected for a four-year term. 209 of the representatives are elected by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies and 31 are elected in single-seat constituencies according to the last amendment of the Electoral law governing parliamentary elections, promulgated SG 36th edition on 15 May 2009. Political parties must gather a minimum of 4% of the national vote in order to enter the Assembly. Bulgaria has a multi-party system. Obtaining of all state power by a single party is forbidden according to the articles of 1991 Constitution of Bulgaria.

The Assembly is responsible for enactment of laws, approval of the budget, scheduling of presidential elections, selection and dismissal of the Prime Minister and other ministers, declaration of war, concluding peace and deployment of troops outside of Bulgaria, and ratification of international treaties and agreements. It is headed and presided by the Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria.

The Assembly administers the publication of the State Gazette, Bulgaria's gazette of record.

Grand National Assembly

In addition to the ordinary National Assembly, a Grand National Assembly (Велико народно събрание, Veliko narodno sabranie) may be convened in order for matters of special jurisdiction, such as: 1) Adoption of a new Constitution; 2) Amendment of certain articles of the Constitution, e.g. those related with the basic civil rights; 3) Changes in the territory (gain or loss) of the Rebublic, etc. Before the World War II the Grand National Assembly was also competent in electing the Regency of the Bulgarian Kingdom if the tzar has not come to age. The First and the Third Grand National Assemblies also elected the first two Bulgarian monarchs after the liberation from the Turkish yoke - Prince (Knjaz) Alexander Battenberg and Prince (Knjaz) Ferdinand Saxe Coburg-Gotha.

As an organ, the Grand National Assembly was introduced with the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879, abolished in 1947 and reintroduced with the 1991 constitution. In different constitutional provisions, it was constituted by a different number of representatives. According to the 1991 Constitution, it consists of 400 deputies (as opposed to 240 in the ordinary one). The 1991 Constitution was adopted by the Seventh Grand National Assembly and was composed of 200 members being elected by proportional representation and the other 200 by majoritarian representation. The Constitution provides that the elections for Grand National Assembly shall be conducted in the same manner as those for the Ordinary National Assembly.

A qualified majority of 2/3 during three voting procedures on separate dates is required for a decision to be made. The Grand National Assembly can also serve as an ordinary National Assembly, taking care of regular legislative activities, in urgent cases only. After it has concluded its work on the matter for which it was elected, the Grand National Assembly is dissolved ex lege and the President of the Republic shall appoint elections for an ordinary National Assembly.

A total of seven Grand National Assemblies have been in operation in Bulgaria, the last one from 10 July 1990 to 12 July 1991 adopting the current constitution.

Building

The National Assembly's main building has been proclaimed a monument of culture for its historic significance. Situated in downtown Sofia, it was designed in Neo-Renaissance style by Konstantin Jovanović, a Serbian-Bulgarian architect who received his education in Vienna and Switzerland and whose other works include the Parliament of Serbia building. It was constructed between 1884 and 1886 by Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Liebe, a young builder from Saxony who was only 22 years old when construction began.[1]

The building is depicted on the reverse of the Bulgarian 20 leva banknote, issued in 1999 and 2007.[2]

Due to insufficient space in the main building, some administrative offices of the National Assembly are now housed by the former headquarters of the Bulgarian Communist Party, located at the Largo.

Latest election

Template:Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2013

Council of Ministers

In addition to the 240 deputies in the inner part of the assembly there are additional 17 ministers who seat on the tribune. The ministers as of 2012 are as follows:

Office Incumbent Since Party
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov 2009 GERB
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov 2010 GERB
Minister of Education, Youth and Sciences Sergei Ignatov 2009 GERB
Minister of Defence Anyu Angelov 2010 GERB
Minister of Finance and Vice Prime-Minister Simeon Djankov 2009 GERB
Minister of the Interior and Vice Prime-Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov 2009 GERB
Minister of Justice Diana Kovacheva 2011 GERB
Minister of Health Desislava Atanasova 2012 GERB
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Miroslav Naydenov 2009 GERB
Minister of Labour and Social Policy Totyu Mladenov 2009 GERB
Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski 2011 GERB
Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Delyan Dobrev 2012 GERB
Minister of Environment and Water Nona Karadzhova 2009 GERB
Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova 2011 GERB
Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov 2009 GERB
Minister of Sport Svilen Neykov 2009 GERB
Minister for European Union funds Tomislav Donchev 2010 GERB

List of National Assemblies

Parliament Term Seats
Constituent Assembly 10.02.1879 – 16.04.1879 231
1 Grand National Assembly 17.04.1879 – 26.06.1879 231
1 Ordinary National Assembly 21.10.1879 – 24.11.1879 158
2 Ordinary National Assembly 23.03.1880 – 18.12.1880 172
2 Grand National Assembly 01.07.1881 307
3 Ordinary National Assembly 10.12.1882 – 25.12.1883 47
4 Ordinary National Assembly 27.06.1884 – 06.09.1886 195/286
3 Grand National Assembly 19.10.1886 – 03.08.1887 493
5 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1887 – 17.12.1889 285
6 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1890 – 15.12.1892 276
4 Grand National Assembly 03.05.1893 – 17.05.1893 577
7 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1893 – 21.12.1893 145
8 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1894 – 04.02.1896 149
9 Ordinary National Assembly 01.12.1896 – 19.12.1898 159
10 Ordinary National Assembly 16.05.1899 – 29.11.1900 169
11 Ordinary National Assembly 22.02.1901 – 23.12.1901 166
12 Ordinary National Assembly 22.04.1902 – 31.03.1903 188
13 Ordinary National Assembly 02.11.1903 – 22.12.1907 189
14 Ordinary National Assembly 15.06.1908 – 15.02.1911 203
5 Grand National Assembly 09.06.1911 – 09.07.1911 414
15 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1911-23.07.1913 213
16 Ordinary National Assembly 19.12.1913 – 31.12.1913 204
17 Ordinary National Assembly 20.03.1914 – 15.04.1919 257
18 Ordinary National Assembly 02.10.1919 – 20.02.1920 237
19 Ordinary National Assembly 15.04.1920 – 11.03.1923 232
20 Ordinary National Assembly 21.05.1923 – 11.06.1923 245
21 Ordinary National Assembly 09.12.1923 – 15.04.1927 267
22 Ordinary National Assembly 19.06.1927 – 18.04.1931 275
23 Ordinary National Assembly 20.08.1931 – 19.05.1934 283
24 Ordinary National Assembly 22.05.1938 – 27.04.1939 160
25 Ordinary National Assembly 24.02.1940 – 23.08.1944 160
26 Ordinary National Assembly 15.12.1945 – 28.09.1946 276
6 Grand National Assembly 07.11.1946 – 21.10.1949 465(375)
1 National Assembly 17.01.1950 – 02.11.1953 239
2 National Assembly 14.01.1954 – 11.12.1957 249
3 National Assembly 13.01.1958 – 04.11.1961 254
4 National Assembly 15.03.1962 – 08.12.1965 321
5 National Assembly 11.03.1966 – 18.05.1971 416
6 National Assembly 07.07.1971 – 09.03.1976 400
7 National Assembly 15.06.1976 – 07.04.1981 400
8 National Assembly 16.06.1981 – 21.03.1986 400
9 National Assembly 17.06.1986 – 03.04.1990 400
7 Grand National Assembly 10.07.1990 – 02.10.1991 400
36 National Assembly 04.11.1991 – 17.10.1994 240
37 National Assembly 12.01.1995 – 13.02.1997 240
38 National Assembly 07.05.1997 – 19.04.2001 240
39 National Assembly 05.07.2001 – 17.06.2005 240
40 National Assembly 11.07.2005 – 25.06.2009 240
41 National Assembly 14.07.2009 – 20.02.2013 240

Notes

  1. ^ Gervas, Stan (2004) [1991]. Five Graves in Dalwallinu. Maylands: Gervas Books. pp. 15–21. ISBN 0-646-06820-2 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK].
  2. ^ Bulgarian National Bank. Notes and Coins in Circulation: 20 leva (1999 issue) & 20 leva (2007 issue). – Retrieved on 26 March 2009.

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