38th National Assembly of Bulgaria

{{Short description|1997 legislature in Bulgaria}}

{{Infobox legislature

| name = 38th National Assembly

| native_name = {{Nobold|38-то Народно събрание}}

| native_name_lang = bg

| structure1 = Bulgaria National Assembly 1997.svg

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| seats = 240

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Government (137)

:{{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} ODS (137)

Opposition (103)

:{{Color box|{{party color|Bulgarian Socialist Party}}|border=silver}} BSP (58)

:{{Color box|#800080|border=silver}} DPS (19)

:{{Color box|#FF69B4|border=silver}} BEL (14)

:{{Color box|{{party color|Bulgarian Business Bloc}}|border=silver}} BBB (12)

| body = National Assembly

| meeting_place = National Assembly Building, Sofia

| foundation = {{Start date|1997|05|07}}

| disbanded = {{End date|2001|04|19}}

| government =

| opposition =

| preceded_by = 37th National Assembly

| succeeded_by = 39th National Assembly

| website = [https://parliament.bg/ parliament.bg]

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| leader1_type = Speaker

| leader1 = Yordan Sokolov (ODS)

| leader2_type = Deputy Speakers

| leader2 = Blagovest Sendov
Ivan Kurtev
Lyuben Kornezov
Petya Shopova
Aleksandar Dzherov
Hristo Stoyanov

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The Thirty-Eight National Assembly ({{Langx|bg|Тридесет и осмото народно събрание}}) was a convocation of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, formed according to the results of the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, held on 19 April 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://bnr.bg/radiobulgaria/post/100592371/1997-godina-novoto-nachalo|title=1997 година - Новото начало|date=August 18, 2015|website=bnr.bg}}

History

The 38th National Assembly elected the Kostov Government, headed by the former Minister of Finance Ivan Kostov with his party's comfortable absolute majority in the National Assembly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/bulgaria/1997/04/28/853255_pravitelstvo_po_kostov/|title=Правителство по Костов|website=capital.bg}}

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