Bulgaria’s Royal Elections

Issue Date April 2002
Volume 13
Issue 2
Page Numbers 141-155
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Last year, Bulgarians elected their newly returned former king as prime minister and then, in a shocking upset, ousted their incumbent president. What do these results portend for the future of Bulgarian democracy?

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