Deployments
Both during Communist rule and after, Bulgaria has deployed troops with different tasks in various countries. The table below lists Bulgarian military deployments in foreign countries. Active missions are shown in bold.
Country | Operation | Organization | Timespan | Personnel | Casualties |
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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | – | People's Republic of Bulgaria | ? | a total of 9,000 military and non-military advisors | – |
Nicaragua | Nicaraguan Revolution | People's Republic of Bulgaria | 1980s | unknown number of military instructors | – |
Iraq | Gulf War | UN | 1991 | 270 | – |
Cambodia | peacekeeping | UNTAC | 1992–1993 | 850 troops 34 military observers |
11 |
Angola | military observation | UNOMA | 1995–2000 | 48 military observers | – |
Tajikistan | military observation | UNMOT | 1995–2000 | 27 military observers | – |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | peacekeeping (EUFOR Althea) | SFOR / EUFOR | 1997–present | 10 | - |
Croatia | demining | OSCE | 1999–2001 | unknown | – |
Ethiopia / Eritrea | peacekeeping | UNMEE | 2001–2004 | 11 military observers | – |
Kosovo | construction / peacekeeping | UNMIK and KFOR | 2000–present | 10 | – |
Republic of Macedonia | humanitarian (construction of field kitchens and a hospital) | – | 1999–2003 | ? | – |
Afghanistan | internal security / anti-terrorist | ISAF | 2001–present | 605 | - |
Liberia | peacekeeping | UNMIL | 2003–present | 2 | - |
Iraq | Iraq War | Multi-National Force – Iraq | 2003–2008 | 485 | 13 |
Georgia | peacekeeping | European Union Monitoring Mission | 2008–present | 12 | - |
Iraq | training mission | NATO Training Mission – Iraq | 2009–present | 2 | - |
Libya | Operation Unified Protector | – | 27 April 2011 – 3 June 2011 | 160 military observers, including a group of 12 naval special commandos with the frigate Drazki | – |
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