Bulgaria

National Assembly

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Nikola Minchev (Male)
Year of birth
1987
Additional information
Elected on 3 Dec. 2021.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Gabriela Kilfanova (Female)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 19 April 2021.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
186
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
54
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
22.5% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
24
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Youngest member
Sasho Savov (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
79
Oldest member
Mika Zaykova (Female)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
124 See historical data for this field.
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
116 See historical data for this field.
Total per sex
Total of male
186 See historical data for this field.
Total of female
54 See historical data for this field.
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
11 See historical data for this field.
31-40
67 See historical data for this field.
41-45
46 See historical data for this field.
46-50
46 See historical data for this field.
51-60
46 See historical data for this field.
61-70
22 See historical data for this field.
71-80
2 See historical data for this field.
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 11 67 46 46 46 22 2 0 0
Total <= 45: 124 Total >= 46: 116
Male 0 7 54 35 32 36 20 2 0 0 186
Female 0 4 13 11 14 10 2 0 0 0 54
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger4.58%2.92%1.67%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger32.5%25.42%7.08%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger51.67%40%11.67%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
The different political parties promote the rising number of women candidates in the election
Elections > Election results

Results

Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
183
Number of women elected
57
Percentage of women elected The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
23.75%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
57

New legislature

Total number of men after the election The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
183
Total number of women after the election The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
57
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Nikola Minchev (Male)
Political party
We Continue the Change
Date of election
03.12.2021
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1945
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2009