title: 1961 in Bulgaria
text: # 1961 in Bulgaria
  
  Events in the year 1961 in Bulgaria.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * General Secretaries of the Bulgarian Communist Party: Todor Zhivkov
  * Chairmen of the Council of Ministers: Anton Yugov
  
  ## Events
  
  * The March Music Days, a festival held annually for two weeks in the second half of March in Rousse, Bulgaria, was established.
  
  ## Sports
  
  * The 1961 Summer Universiade (II Summer Universiade), an international sporting event for university students, took place in Sofia.
  