Longtime <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_Bulgaria" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Republic of Bulgaria">Bulgarian</a> leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todor_Zhivkov" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Todor Zhivkov">Todor Zhivkov</a> is removed from office and replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Mladenov" id="mwASs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Petar Mladenov">Petar Mladenov</a>.