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Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Български земеделски народен съюз | |
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| Abbreviation | BZNS |
| Leader | Iliya Zyumbilev |
| Founded | 30 December 1899 |
| Headquarters | Sofia |
| Newspaper | Земеделско знаме |
| Paramilitary wing | Orange Guard (1919–23) |
| Ideology | Agrarianism[1] Historical: Agrarian socialism |
| Political position | Centre Historical: Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Fatherland Front (1943-1990) |
| Colours | Orange Green |
| National Assembly | 0 / 240 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 17 |
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The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union[a][2] (Bulgarian: Български земеделски народен съюз, romanized: Bŭlgarski zemedelski naroden sŭyuz, BZNS), is a political party devoted to representing the causes of the Bulgarian peasantry. It was an agrarian movement and was most powerful between 1900 and 1923. Unlike the socialist movements of the early 20th century, it was devoted to questions concerning agriculture and farmers, rather than industry and factory workers. The BZNS, one of the first and most powerful of the agrarian parties in Eastern Europe, dominated Bulgarian politics during the beginning of the 20th century. It is also the only agrarian party in Europe that ever came to power with a majority government, rather than merely as part of a coalition. It is a founding member of the former International Agrarian Bureau.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2001). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, Britannica
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