40th National Assembly of Bulgaria

40th National Assembly

40-то Народно събрание
40th National Assembly ; 40-то Народно събрание
History
Founded	July 11, 2005
Disbanded	June 25, 2009
Preceded by	39th National Assembly
Succeeded by	41st National Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Georgi Pirinski (BSP)
Deputy Speakers	Nadezhda Mihaylova; Ekaterina Mihaylova; Petar Beron; Anastasia Moser; Younal Loutfi; Kameliya Kasabova
Structure
Seats	240
Political groups	Government (169) BSP (82) NDSV (53) DPS (34) Opposition (71) Attack (21) ODS (20) DSB (17) BNS (13)
Meeting place
	National Assembly Building, Sofia
Website
	parliament.bg

The Fortieth National Assembly (Bulgarian: Четиридесетото народно събрание) was a convocation of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, formed according to the results of the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, held on 25 June 2005.^[1]

History

The 40th National Assembly elected the Stanishev Government, which was a triple coalition government between the BSP, the NDSV and the DPS.^[2]
During the four years of its term, the 40th National Assembly saw Bulgaria become a member of the European Union.^[3]

References

^ "Днес е първото заседание на 40-то народно събрание". Plovdiv24.bg. July 11, 2005.
^ "Сергей Станишев стана премиер с 1 глас разлика". Mediapool.bg. July 27, 2005.
^ "History: Accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the EU". Multimedia Centre.

[1] "Днес е първото заседание на 40-то народно събрание". Plovdiv24.bg. July 11, 2005.

[2] "Сергей Станишев стана премиер с 1 глас разлика". Mediapool.bg. July 27, 2005.

[3] "History: Accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the EU". Multimedia Centre.

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