# Capital punishment in Bulgaria

Capital punishment in Bulgaria was abolished on December 12, 1998 with the last execution, that of attempted saboteur Georgi Alinski, having been carried out on November 4, 1989. The Parliament of Bulgaria had introduced a moratorium on executions on July 7, 1990 and Protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights came into force on October 1, 1999.
A 2016 poll found that 47% of Bulgarians were opposed to the Death Penaty, while 33% were in support.

## Notable executions in the 20th-century
### Kingdom of Bulgaria

| Executed person | Gender | Date of sentence | Date of execution | Place of execution | Crime | Method |
| Marko Fridman [bg] | Male | 1925 | 27 May 1925 | Sofia | Communist terrorists participating in the St Nedelya Church assault | Hanging |
| Petar Zadgorski | Male | 1925 | 27 May 1925 | Sofia | Communist terrorists participating in the St Nedelya Church assault | Hanging |
| Georgi Koev | Male | 1925 | 27 May 1925 | Sofia | Communist terrorists participating in the St Nedelya Church assault | Hanging |
| Georgi Mandulov [bg] | Male | 1925 | 27 June 1925 | Anton | Conspiring to aid communist activity | Firing squad |
| Nesho Shabanov [bg] | Male | 1925 | 27 June 1925 | Anton | Conspiring to aid communist activity | Firing squad |
| The Gostevi brothers | Male | 1925 | 27 June 1925 | Anton | Conspiring to aid communist activity | Firing squad |
| Sokrat Kirshveng | Male | 1937 | 14 April 1937 | Sofia | "The Killer with the Adze"; serial killer who killed his aunt and her husband during a robbery in Sofia, but had previously been convicted of killing two wives and attempting to kill a third in 1919. The first sentence was commuted to 17 years imprisonment, and he was released in 1937. | Hanging |
| August Popov [bg] | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Trifon Georgiev | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Vasil Yotov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Ivan Izatovski | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Yozef Baido | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Andon Bekyarov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Dimitar Dimitrov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Vasil Dodov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Stefan Pashev | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Boris Tomchev | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Delcho Naplatanov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Ivan Drenovski | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Georgi Kratunchev | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Dimitar Teplyakov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Ivan Ivanov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Georgi Bashikarov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Yanko Komitov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Todor Nikolov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Nikolai Romanov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Mirko Petkov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Simeon Slavov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Ivan Shterev | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Milyo Milev | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Dimo Astadzhov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Vladimir Chernov | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Cvyatko Radoinov [bg] | Male | 1942 | 26 June 1942 | Sofia | Instigating communist rebellion; tried as part of the "Parachutist trial [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Anton Ivanov [bg] | Male | 1942 | 23 July 1942 | Sofia | Communist revolutionaries in opposition to the Filov government | Firing squad |
| Anton Popov [bg] | Male | 1942 | 23 July 1942 | Sofia | Communist revolutionaries in opposition to the Filov government | Firing squad |
| Nikola Vaptsarov | Male | 1942 | 23 July 1942 | Sofia | Communist revolutionaries in opposition to the Filov government | Firing squad |
| Atanas Romanov [bg] | Male | 1942 | 23 July 1942 | Sofia | Communist revolutionaries in opposition to the Filov government | Firing squad |
| Petar Bogdanov [bg] | Male | 1942 | 23 July 1942 | Sofia | Communist revolutionaries in opposition to the Filov government | Firing squad |
| Georgi Minchev [bg] | Male | 1942 | 23 July 1942 | Sofia | Communist revolutionaries in opposition to the Filov government | Firing squad |
| Vasil Antevski [bg] | Male | 1942 | 18 August 1942 | Sofia | Participation in the League of Communists of Yugoslavia | Hanging |
| Adalbert Antonov [bg] | Male | 1942 | 4 December 1942 | Sofia | Participation in the Workers Youth League | Firing squad |
| Yovan Basarov [bg] | Male | 1942 | 21 March 1943 | Skopje | Participation in the League of Communists of Yugoslavia | Hanging |
| Boyan Chonos [bg] | Male | 1943 | 13 October 1943 | Vidin | Aiding communist rebellion | Hanging |
| Ferdinand Aleksandrov [bg] | Male | 1943 | 17 December 1943 | Pleven | Aiding communist rebellion | Firing squad |
| Yakim Atanasov [bg] | Male | 1944 | 1 March 1944 | Lom | Leading a communist partisan squadron | Hanging |
| Ferdinand Milanov [bg] | Male | 1944 | 1 June 1944 | Plovdiv | Aiding communist rebellion | Firing squad |
| Yozo Tobiev [bg] | Male | 1944 | 1 June 1944 | Plovdiv | Aiding communist rebellion | Firing squad |
| Yordanka Chankova [bg] | Female | 1944 | 1 June 1944 | Eleshnitsa | Participating on the communist side during the "Battle of Batulia [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Frank Thompson | Male | 1944 | 10 June 1944 | Litakovo [bg] | Participating on the communist side during the "Battle of Batulia [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Lazar Atanasov | Male | 1944 | 10 June 1944 | Litakovo [bg] | Participating on the communist side during the "Battle of Batulia [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Hristo Gurbov | Male | 1944 | 10 June 1944 | Litakovo [bg] | Participating on the communist side during the "Battle of Batulia [bg]" | Firing squad |
| Ivan Harlakov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Kiril, Prince of Preslav | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the royal family and regent of Bulgaria | Firing squad |
| Nikola Mihov | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Lieutenant general and regent of Bulgaria | Firing squad |
| Dobri Bozhilov | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, supposed charges of war and financial crimes | Firing squad |
| Petar Gabrovski | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria and lawyer | Firing squad |
| Ivan Bagrianov | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Rashko Atanasov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Ivan Beshkov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Ivan Vazov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Dimitar Shishmanov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Sirko Stanchev [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Aleksandar Stanishev [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Spas Ganev [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Delcho Todorov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Nikola Stoychev [bg] | Male | 1945 | 1 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Bogdan Filov | Male | 1945 | 2 February 1945 | Sofia | Prime Minister of Bulgaria and regent of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Aleksandar Staliyski | Male | 1945 | 2 February 1945 | Sofia | Collaboration with pro-Axis cabinet | Firing squad |
| Yordan Sevov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 2 February 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Lyuben Stanchev [bg] | Male | 1945 | 6 March 1945 | unknown | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Konstantin Lukash | Male | 1945 | 15 March 1945 | Sofia | Officer and Chief of Staff of the Bulgarian Army | Firing squad |
| Trifon Trifonov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 15 March 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Nicho Georgiev [bg] | Male | 1945 | 21 April 1945 | Sofia | Member of the Tsarist government | Firing squad |
| Vasil Zlatevski [bg] | Male | 1945 | September 1945 | Kyustendil | Goryanin, waging rebellion against the communist government | Hanging |
| Docho Hristov [bg] | Male | 1945 | 26 October 1945 | unknown | Attempted rebellion against the communist government | Firing squad |

### People's Republic of Bulgaria

| Executed person | Gender | Date of sentence | Date of execution | Place of execution | Crime | Method |
| Faik Aliev [bg] | Male | 1948 | 1948 | Nevrokop | Goryanin, waging rebellion against the communist government | Hanging |
| Pavel Djidjov | Male | 1952 | 3 October 1952 | Sofia | Catholics, subverting communist ideology | Firing squad |
| Eugene Bossilkov | Male | 1952 | 11 November 1952 | Sofia | Catholics, subverting communist ideology | Firing squad |
| Josaphat Chichkov | Male | 1952 | 11 November 1952 | Sofia | Catholics, subverting communist ideology | Firing squad |
| Kamen Vitchev | Male | 1952 | 11 November 1952 | Sofia | Catholics, subverting communist ideology | Firing squad |
| Ivan-Asen Georgiev [bg] | Male | 1963 | 4 January 1964 | Sofia | Espionage on behalf of the United States | Shooting |
| Radan Sarafov [bg] | Male | 18 February 1968 | 18 February 1969 | Sofia | Espionage on behalf of the United States, France and Albania | Shooting |
| Georgi Yordanov | Male | 1975 | 1975 | Sofia | Known as "Joro the Paver, the Second". Serial rapist who raped ten women in Sofia in the early 1970s, committing a double murder in the process. | Shooting |
| Zhivko Dimitrov | Male | 1981 | 1981 | Tolbuhin | Serial killer. Murdered six people in Dobrich Province from 1975 to 1981 for money. | Shooting |
| Margarit Dimitrov | Male | 17 April 1986 | 28 January 1987 | Sofia | Espionage on behalf of the Western countries | Shooting |
| Georgi Alinski | 1984 | 4 November 1989 | Sofia | Attempted to sabotage a lift in Borovets to prevent the country from participating in a ski championship | |