Government
Full name: Република България (Republic of Bulgaria)
National holiday: Liberation Day 3rd March (1878, after the Russo-Turkish war)
National anthem: "Мила Родино"    (Mila Rodino)
      Dear Motherland
Current Government: Head of State – President Rumen Radev (since January 2017).
Head of Government - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov (since May 2017).

Constitution:  Parliamentary democracy. Constitution adopted July 1991.
Single chamber Narodno Sabranie (National Assembly) with 240 seats. MPs are elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.  Elections were last held in March 2017 (next to be held spring 2021).

Bulgaria joined NATO in 2004.
Acceded to the EU January 2007.
17 MEPs.