After the restoration of democracy in 1990, some parties got a liberal character. Liberalism is now represented by the mainly Turkish minority party
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (
Dviženie za prava i svobodi, observer
LI, member
ELDR), the
National Movement for Simeon II (
Nacionalno Dviženie Simeon Vtori, member
LI,
ELDR) and
Democratic Bulgaria (
Demokratichna Balgariya), both taking a more or less liberal position.
From Liberal Party to Democratic Party • 1879: Liberal forces united in the
Liberal Party (
Liberalna Partija) • 1884: A right-wing faction formed the ⇒ Progressive Liberal Party • 1886: Another right-wing faction formed the ⇒ People's Liberal Party • 1887: A third faction formed the ⇒ Radoslav Liberal Party • 1896: The party is renamed into
Democratic Party (
Demokratičeska Partija) • 1905: A radical faction seceded as the ⇒ Radical Democratic Party • 1923: A faction joined the
Democratic Alliance (
Demokratičeski Sgovor) • 1934: The party is banned by the dictatorship • 1945: The party is revived • 1947: The party is banned by the communist dictatorship • 1989: The party is revived as a Christian conservative party
Progressive Liberal Party • 1884: A right-wing faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the
Progressive Liberal Party (
Progresivnoliberalna Partija) • 1920: The party merged into the '''
United People's Progressive Party'
(Obedinena Narodnoprogresivna Partija'')
People's Liberal Party • 1886: A right-wing faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the '''
People's Liberal Party'
(Narodnoliberalna Partija'') • 1920: The party merged into the ⇒
National Liberal Party Radoslavist Liberal Party / National Liberal Party • 1887: A right-wing faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the
Radoslav Liberal Party (
Liberalna-Radoslavistka Partija) • 1904: A right-wing faction seceded as the ⇒ Tonchevist Young Liberal Party • 1920: The party merged with the ⇒ Tonchevist Young Liberal Party and the ⇒ People's Liberal Party into the
National Liberal Party (
Nacionalliberalna Partija) • 1934: The party is banned by the dictatorship
Tonchevist Young Liberal Party • 1904: A right-wing faction of the ⇒ Radoslav Liberal Party seceded as the
Tonchevist Young Liberal Party (
Mladoliberalna Partija-Tončevisti) • 1920: The party merged into the ⇒
National Liberal Party Radical (Democratic) Party • 1905: A radical faction of the ⇒ Democratic Party seceded as the
Radical Democratic Party (
Radikaldemokratičeska Partija) • 1922: The party is renamed
Radical Party (
Radikalna Partija) • 1923: A faction joined the Democratic Alliance (
Demokratičeski Sgovor) • 1934: The party is banned by the dictatorship • 1945: The party is revived • 1949: The party is banned by the communist dictatorship • 1989: The party is refounded as the
Radical Democratic Party (
Radikaldemokratičeska Partija) • 1990s: The party took part in various electoral alliances with decreasing success
Movement for Rights and Freedoms • 1990: Representatives of the Turkish minority formed the
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (
Dviženie za Prava i Svobodi), that develops in a more or less liberal direction
National Movement for Simeon II • 2001: Followers of the ex-king formed the personalist
National Movement for Simeon II (
Nacionalno Dviženie Simeon Vtori), that takes a more or less liberal position in the spectrum • 2006:
GERB split from NDSV, which adopted more conservative position than NDSV.
"Blue" Parties/Urban Right • 1989: Centre-right and conservative forces form the
Union of Democratic Forces (SDS). • 1997: SDS forms with minor parties such as ⇒ Democratic Party, National DPS (split from ⇒ DPS),
Union of Free Democrats (split from SDS) and ⇒ RDP the
United Democratic Forces. • 2005: The conservative-liberal
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (
Демократи за силна България) split from the conservative SDS. • 2007: Mariya Kapon leaves ⇒
Democratic Party and forms the '''
United People's Party'
(Единна народна партия''). • 2008:
Gospodin Tonev leaves SDS and forms the
Bulgarian Democratic Community (
Българска демократична общност). • 2009: The conservative SDS, DSB, the social democratic
Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, the agrarian
United Agrarians and ⇒ Radical Democratic Party formed the centre-right
Blue Coalition, leading to a series of centre-right coalitions which take a more or less liberal position in the spectrum. • 2012:
Meglena Kuneva leaves ⇒ NDSV and formed
Bulgaria for Citizens Movement (
Движение „България на гражданите“). • 2012:
Nadezhda Neynsky leaves SDS and formed
Blue Unity (
Синьо единство). • 2014: BNG, DSB and SDS formed the
Reformist Bloc. SE and ENP formed The Rights. • 2014:
Movement for European Unification and Solidarity (
Движение за европейско обединение и солидарност) was formed and the
Democratic Action Movement (
Движение „Демократично действие“) split from SDS. • 2015: DSB leaves the Reformist Bloc. • 2017: Former Minister of Justice
Hristo Ivanov formed
Yes, Bulgaria! (
Да, България!) and joins forces with DEOS. DSB and BDO form the "New Republic". • 2018: Blue Unity and DEOS dissolve.
Coalition for you Bulgaria (
Коалиция за теб България) was formed. • 2018: DSB, the green-liberal
Green Movement and Yes, Bulgaria! form
Democratic Bulgaria. • 2019: ENP and DS form "Rise". • 2021: ENP and DBG join
Stand Up! Mafia, Get Out!. KztB and BDO form "We, the Citizens". DS dissolves.
Dignity of United People (
Достойнството на един народ) split from DBG to join Democratic Bulgaria. • 2021:
Republicans for Bulgaria leaves GERB. • 2021: BZNS, KOD, Republicans dor Bulgaria and European Middle Class (SEK) for National Union of the Right (NOD). SEK leaves to join
We Continue the Change. • 2023: We Continue the Change, SEK, DSB, Yes Bulgaria, BZNS, United Agrarians, as well as the green parties Volt and Green Movement form the
PP-DB coalition. • 2023: Regional liberal organization „
Save Sofia (Spasi Sofia)“ officially becomes a party and runs in a coalition with PP-DB. • 2023: Unity (Единение) splits from We Continue the Change.
We Continue the Change • 2021:
Kiril Petkov and
Assen Vassilev and formed
We Continue the Change, that takes a more or less liberal position in the spectrum. • 2022:
We Continue the Change (
Продължаваме промяната) became a party. ==Liberal leaders==