People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1946-1967

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Last modified: 2005-07-30 by rob raeside
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by Željko Heimer

• Introduction
• Coat of arms (1946?-1948)
• Possible flag using pre-1948 coat of arms
• Coat of arms (1948)
• Civil Ensign
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers
• Chairman of the Presidium
• International Workers' Movement
• Rank Flags of 1949 

• Bulgaria
• Bulgaria: Index to all pages
• Principality of Bulgaria, 1878-1908
• Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1944
• Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1944-1946
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1946-1967
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1967-1971
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1971-1990
• Republic of Bulgaria since 1990

Introduction

In 1947 a new coat of arms was adopted, and the state flag with the coat of arms in the canton changed too, as well as the civil ensign becoming a simple tricolour. Regarding the background colour of the shield - it seems that the adopted version was gradually changed to blue without any regulation about it. Not to enter into the discussion on "socialist heraldry"