Bulgarian Agrarian National Union

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Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Български земеделски народен съюз
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
Colours	Orange   Green
National Assembly	0 / 240
European Parliament	0 / 17
Party flag
Website
www.bzns.bg
Politics of Bulgaria Political parties Elections

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.

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