Canada and the World Backgrounder, December 1st, 2003
Capital: Sofia
Head of State: President Georgi Purvanov (since January 2002) Elected by popular vote for a five-year term
Head of Government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (since July 2001) Nominated by the President
Parliament: The single-house National Assembly has 240 seats with members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms
POLITICS
The coalition between the Simeon II National Movement (SNM) and the mainly ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) is unpopular and suffers from serious internal divisions. The prim...
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