Bulgaria: Leading Personalities in Bulgaria

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the leading personalities in Bulgaria for 1981. The documents include the personality reports for both 1980 and 1981, with career profiles and biographical details of leading politicians from the Central Committee of the Bulgarian communist party. These include members of the politburo, the National Assembly, the State Council, the Ministerial Council, and government ministers. Further information is provided on important Bulgarian academics, religious officials, theatre directors, writers, trade unionists, bankers, artists, television directors, diplomatic officials, newspaper editors, and military figures. The file also includes a despatch on the Bulgarian leader, Todor Zhivkov, as he reaches his seventieth year; speculation regarding Zhivkov's health; and discussions on possible successors to the Bulgarian leadership.