2012 in Bulgaria

Incumbents

• President: Rosen Plevneliev
• Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov

  Events

• May 22: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 24 km west of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, at a depth of 9.4 km. A citizen died from heart attack, several buildings were damaged.
• July 18: An explosion has killed at least seven people on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the eastern Bulgarian city of Burgas. More than 20 people were also injured when the bus exploded at Burgas airport, by the Black Sea.

  Deaths

• November 6: Maxim of Bulgaria, 98, patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.