1940s in Bulgaria
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The 1940s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria (until 1946) and the People's Republic of Bulgaria (from 1946).
Incumbents
Kingdom of Bulgaria
- Tsar of Bulgaria:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- March 1 – Bulgaria joined the Axis.
1942
- June 5 – The United States declared war on Bulgaria following the latter's joined of the Axis bloc the previous year.
1943
- December 10 – The allies conduct bombing raids over Sofia.
1944
- August 26 – Bulgaria officially withdraws from World War II.
1945
- 18 November – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.
- 21 July – The University of Ruse was founded.[citation needed]
1946
- 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.
1947
- Bulgaria's second constitution, the Dimitrov Constitution, came into effect. It was later replaced by the Zhivkov Constitution in 1971.
1948
- 6 January – Balkantourist (the oldest still running Bulgarian tour operator) is established.
1949
- 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.