title: 1978 in Bulgaria
text: # 1978 in Bulgaria
  
  Events in the year 1979 in Bulgaria.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * General Secretaries of the Bulgarian Communist Party: Todor Zhivkov
  * Chairmen of the Council of Ministers: Stanko Todorov
  
  ## Events
  
  * 16 March – A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 airliner crashes near the village of Gabare (130 km northeast of Sofia) on an international flight from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Warsaw Airport, Poland, killing all 73 on board.
  