First Dimitrov Government

First Dimitrov Government
65th Cabinet of Bulgaria
1946–1947
Date formed	23 November 1946 (1946-11-23)
Date dissolved	11 December 1947 (1947-12-11)
People and organisations
Chairman of the CM	Georgi Dimitrov
No. of ministers	19
Member parties	OF (BKP & BZNS)
History
Election	27 October 1946
Outgoing election	18 December 1949
Predecessor	Georgiev III
Successor	Dimitrov II

The First Dimitrov Government was the sixty-fifth government of Bulgaria (first of the People's Republic of Bulgaria), elected by the 6th Great National Assembly of November 23, 1946.^[1] The government lasted until December 11, 1947, after which the second government of Georgi Dimitrov was elected.^[2] The cabinet, headed by Georgi Dimitrov, was composed of political figures of the Fatherland Front (Bulgaria), namely those from Political Circle "Zveno", Bulgarian Communist Party, BRSDP, Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and non-partisans.^[3]

The government lead Bulgaria out of international isolation by concluding a peace treaty with the Allies of World War II and further engagement with the USSR and the countries with pro-communist governments. Opened on July 29, 1946, the Paris Conference ended on February 10, 1947 with the signing by the belligerents of the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty. Bulgaria was represented by Kimon Georgiev, Alexander Obbov and Traicho Kostov, who signed the peace treaty on behalf of Bulgaria, which came into force on September 15 of the same year. Bulgaria retained its territory from January 1, 1944 and obligated to pay reparations of $45 million in goods to Greece for a period of eight years.^[4] The strength of the Bulgarian army was reduced to 65,000 people. During implementation of the treaty, Yugoslavia waived reparations from Bulgaria. The Fatherland Front (Bulgaria) government accepted the idea of the Comintern for the existence of a Macedonian nation and began preparations for handing over Pirin to Yugoslavia.^[5]

A two-year national economic plan (1947–1948) was adopted, a youth brigadier movement was organized, and measures were taken to strengthen labor cooperative farms.^[6] On August 26, 1947, the 6th Great National Assembly voted "Law on the dissolution of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and all its sections". Also during this government ministry, there were initiatives for the nationalization of enterprises, mines and banks and ongoing land cooperativization. On December 6, 1947, the new constitution of the People's Republic of Bulgaria came into force, which provided the legal basis for the government.^[7]

• July 29, 1946 - The Paris Peace Conference was opened, which concluded on February 10, 1947 with the signing of peace agreements between the warring parties.
• August 26, 1947 - The Great National Assembly passed the "Law on the dissolution of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and all its sections".
• December 6, 1947 – The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1947) of the People's Republic of Bulgaria came into force.

• Nedev, Nedyo (2007). Three coup d'états or Kimon Georgiev and his time (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Siela. ISBN 978-954-28-0163-4.

• The text of the Constitution of 1947 in Bulgarian at the site of the Bulgarian Parliament. Archived 2019-09-11 at the Wayback Machine