Balgarianovinite.com On July 8, 1971, communist party leader Todor Zhivkov becomes President of the State Council that is elected by the Sixth National Assembly the same day.
The State Council consisted of a president, several vice presidents, a secretary and members elected by the National Assembly. Although formally a collective body, in practice it operated under the leadership of Zhivkov and the Bulgarian Communist Party, whose leading role was explicitly enshrined in the 1971 Constitution.
He has held this position irreplaceably until his ouster on December 17, 1989, when he was succeeded by Petar Mladenov. The State Council was superseded by institution of Chairman (President) of the Republic on April 3, 1990, with Mladenov as first holder of this office.
Zhivkov essentially ran he country from March 4, 1954, when he became First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party, until November 10, 1989, when he was removed from power by the party leadership amid the collapse of communist regimes across Eastern Europe. July 8, 1971: Todor Zhivkov Becomes Head of Bulgaria’s State Council 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-08 12:23:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law