We are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Transition

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We are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Transition

On that date Todor Zhivkov was removed from office
November 10, 1989 marked the end of one age and the beginning of another. At the very date, a coup was made by the party leadership, BGNES reminds. Todor Zhivkov, who was an obstacle to the restructuring of Mikhail Gorbachev, was removed.

There was Moscow's intervention through its most loyal people like Andrei Lukanov. The consequences of this coup are comparable to those of 9 September 1944. As a result of both coups, the system was changed. But after November 10, this change was slow and gradual, not as fast and sudden as after September 9.

On November 10, a plenum of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party was dismissed from the post of party secretary-general Todor Zhivkov, who has ruled solely for 33 years. The political changes in the country and the transition of Bulgaria to democracy and market economy begin.

Changes in the former communist bloc began with the coming into power of the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev, which began a process of perestroika. The day before Zhivkov was overthrown in Germany, the Berlin Wall was demolished.

Some members of the CC, such as Milko Balev and Dimitar Stoyanov, have not been informed. The news extends beyond the meeting. At the plenary session, the members of the Central Committee accepted Zhivkov's resignation without giving him a chance to conclude, and confirmed Peter Mladenov as his successor as general secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party. The Plenum proposes that the National Assembly relieve Zhivkov from his post of Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.

On November 17, at the first sitting of the National Assembly after the plenary session broadcast live on television, Peter Mladenov was elected chairman of the State Council.

Parliament removes from the Penal Code the texts that criminalize criticism of the government. The BCP abandons the one-party model of government a month later - on December 11-13, the Central Committee decides on a course for parliamentary democracy and proposes repealing Article 1 of the Constitution, which regulates the party's monopoly on power.

The National Assembly voted for the cancellation only on January 15, 1990. In June 1990 the first multi-party parliamentary elections in Bulgaria were held.

Todor Zhivkov died on August 5, 1998, without being convicted of crimes committed during his reign. After his death, all charges against him are dropped.