Bulgarian People's Army

Bulgarian People's Army
Българска народна армия Bulgarska Narodna Armiya
War flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990)
Motto	За нашата социалистическа родина! Za nashata sotsialisticheska rodina! "For our socialist motherland!"
Founded	1952
Disbanded	1990
Service branches	Bulgarian Land Forces Bulgarian Air Force Bulgarian Navy
Headquarters	Sofia
Leadership
General Secretary	Petar Mladenov (last)
Minister of People's Defence	Yordan Mutafchiev (last)
Chief of the General Staff	Hristo Dobrev (last)
Personnel
Conscription	Yes
Active personnel	152,000 (1989)
Deployed personnel	Czechoslovakia
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Soviet Union
Related articles
History	Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

The Bulgarian People's Army (Bulgarian: Българска народна армия, БНА, romanized: Balgarska narodna armiya, BNA) was the army of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. It comprised the Bulgarian Land Forces, Air Force and Air Defence, Navy and supporting arms. Bulgaria was one of the signatories of the Warsaw Pact. Along with troops from other Warsaw Pact countries, the BNA participated in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. However, other than this, the BNA did not see any combat during its existence. The Bulgarian People's Army was dissolved along with the People's Republic of Bulgaria in 1990 and was succeeded by the Bulgarian Armed Forces.