Military of Bulgaria - Deployments

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
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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