This is a list of the heads of government of the modern Bulgarian state, from the establishment of the Principality of Bulgaria to the present day.
List of officeholders
Principality of Bulgaria (1878–1908)
Governments
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Assembly Prince Took office Left office Time in office Chairmen of the Council of Ministers Todor Burmov 1879 1879 Conservative Party 1. Burmov — Alexander I Kliment of Branitsa 1879 1880 Conservative Party 2. Kliment I 1st Dragan Tsankov 1880 1880 Liberal Party 3. D. Tsankov I 2nd Petko Karavelov 1880 1881 Liberal Party 4. Karavelov I Johan Ehrnrooth 1881 1881 Imperial Russian Army 5. Ehrnrooth 6. Shesto 2nd Grand Leonid Sobolev 1882 1883 Imperial Russian Army 7. Sobolev 3rd Dragan Tsankov 1883 1883 Liberal Party (Tsankovists) 8. D. Tsankov II 1884 1884 9. D. Tsankov III Petko Karavelov 1884 1886 Liberal Party (Karavelists) 10. Karavelov II 4th Kliment of Tarnovo 1886 1886 Tsankovist Party 11. Kliment II Petko Karavelov 1886 1886 Liberal Party (Karavelist) 12. Karavelov III Vasil Radoslavov 1886 1887 Liberal Party 13. Radoslavov I 3rd Grand Ferdinand I Konstantin Stoilov 1887 1887 Conservative Party 14. Stoilov I Stefan Stambolov 1887 1894 Liberal Party 15. Stambolov 5th People's Liberal Party 6th 4th Grand 7th Konstantin Stoilov 1894 1894 Conservative Party 16. Stoilov II 8th 1894 1899 People's Party 17. Stoilov III 9th Dimitar Grekov 1899 1899 People's Liberal Party 18. Grekov 10th Todor Ivanchov 1899 1900 Liberal Party (Radoslavists) 19. Ivanchov I 1900 1901 20. Ivanchov II Racho Petrov 1901 1901 Independent 21. Petrov I Petko Karavelov 1901 1901 Democratic Party 22. Karavelov IV 11th Stoyan Danev 1901 1902 Progressive Liberal Party 23. Danev I 12th 1902 1903 24. Danev II 1903 1903 25. Danev III Racho Petrov 1903 1906 Independent 26. Petrov II 13th Dimitar Petkov 1906 1907† People's Liberal Party 27. Petkov Dimitar Stanchov 1907 1907 Independent 28. Stanchov Petar Gudev 1907 1908 People's Liberal Party 29. Gudev Aleksandar Malinov 1908 1908 Democratic Party 30. Malinov I 14th
Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)
Governments
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Election Tsar Took office Left office Time in office Chairmen of the Council of Ministers Aleksandar Malinov 1908 1910 Democratic Party 30. Malinov I 14th Ferdinand I 1910 1911 31. Malinov II Ivan Evstratiev Geshov 1911 1913 People's Party 32. Geshov 15th Stoyan Danev 1913 1913 Progressive Liberal Party 33. Danev IV Vasil Radoslavov 1913 1914 Liberal Party (Radoslavists) 34. Radoslavov II 16th 1918 35. Radoslavov III 17th Aleksandar Malinov 1918 1918 Democratic Party 36. Malinov III Boris III 1918 1918 37. Malinov IV Teodor Teodorov 1918 1919 People's Party 38. Teodorov I 1919 1919 39. Teodorov II Aleksandar Stamboliyski 1919 1923 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 40. Stamboliyski I 18th 19th 1923 1923 41. Stamboliyski II 20th Aleksandar Tsankov 1923 1926 Democratic Alliance 42. A. Tsankov I43. A. Tsankov II 1923 Andrey Lyapchev 1926 1931 Democratic Alliance 44. Lyapchev I45. Lyapchev II46. Lyapchev III 1927 Aleksandar Malinov 1931 1931 Democratic Party 47. Malinov V 1931 Nikola Mushanov 1931 1934 Democratic Party 48. Mushanov I49. Mushanov II50. Mushanov III — Kimon Georgiev 1934 1935 Independent 51. Georgiev I — Pencho Zlatev 1935 1935 Bulgarian Army 52. Zlatev — Andrey Toshev 1935 1935 Independent 53. Toshev — Georgi Kyoseivanov 1935 1940 Independent 54. Kyoseivanov I55. Kyoseivanov II56. Kyoseivanov III57. Kyoseivanov IV 19381939 Bogdan Filov 1940 1943 Independent 58. Filov I59. Filov II — Simeon II Petar Gabrovski 1943 1943 Independent — Dobri Bozhilov 1943 1944 Independent 60. Bozhilov — Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov 1944 1944 Independent 61. Bagryanov — Konstantin Muraviev 1944 1944 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 62. Muraviev — Kimon Georgiev 1944 1946 Zveno 63. Georgiev II64. Georgiev III 1945
People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)
Governments
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Election Head of State Took office Left office Time in office Chairmen of the Council of Ministers Kimon Georgiev 1946 1946 Zveno 64. Georgiev III — Vasil Kolarov Georgi Dimitrov 1946 1949† Bulgarian Communist Party 65. Dimitrov I66. Dimitrov II 1946 Mincho Neychev Vasil Kolarov 1949 1950† Bulgarian Communist Party 67. Kolarov I68. Kolarov II 1949 Valko Chervenkov 1950 1956 Bulgarian Communist Party 69. Chervenkov 1953 Georgi Damyanov Anton Yugov 1956 1962 Bulgarian Communist Party 70. Yugov I71. Yugov II72. Yugov III 1957 Dimitar Ganev Todor Zhivkov 1962 1971 Bulgarian Communist Party 73. Zhivkov I74. Zhivkov II 19621966 Georgi Traykov Stanko Todorov 1971 1981 Bulgarian Communist Party 75. Todorov I76. Todorov II 19711976 Todor Zhivkov Grisha Filipov 1981 1986 Bulgarian Communist Party 77. Filipov 1981 Georgi Atanasov 1986 1990 Bulgarian Communist Party 78. Atanasov 1986 Petar Mladenov Andrey Lukanov 1990 1990 Bulgarian Communist Party 79. Lukanov I80. Lukanov II Bulgarian Socialist Party Zhelyu Zhelev
Republic of Bulgaria (1990–present)
Governments
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Assembly President Took office Left office Time in office Chairmen of the Council of Ministers Andrey Lukanov 1990 1990 Bulgarian Socialist Party 80. Lukanov II Zhelyu Zhelev Dimitar Popov 1990 1991 Independent 81. Popov 7th Grand Prime Ministers Philip Dimitrov 1991 1992 Union of Democratic Forces 82. Dimitrov 36th Lyuben Berov 1992 1994 Independent 83. Berov Reneta Indzhova 1994 1995 Independent 84. Indzhova Zhan Videnov 1995 1997 Bulgarian Socialist Party 85. Videnov 37th Petar Stoyanov Stefan Sofiyanski 1997 1997 Union of Democratic Forces 86. Sofiyanski Ivan Kostov 1997 2001 Union of Democratic Forces 87. Kostov 38th Simeon Sakskoburggotski 2001 2005 National Movement Simeon II 88. Sakskoburggotski 39th Georgi Parvanov Sergey Stanishev 2005 2009 Bulgarian Socialist Party 89. Stanishev 40th Boyko Borisov 2009 2013 GERB 90. Borisov I 41st Rosen Plevneliev Marin Raykov 2013 2013 Independent 91. Raykov Plamen Oresharski 2013 2014 Independent 92. Oresharski 42nd Georgi Bliznashki 2014 2014 Independent 93. Bliznashki Boyko Borisov 2014 2017 GERB 94. Borisov II 43rd Rumen Radev Ognyan Gerdzhikov 2017 2017 Independent 95. Gerdzhikov Boyko Borisov 2017 2021 GERB 96. Borisov III 44th Stefan Yanev 2021 2021 Independent 97. Yanev I 45th 2021 2021 98. Yanev II 46th Kiril Petkov 2021 2022 We Continue the Change 99. Petkov 47th Galab Donev 2022 2023 Independent 100. Donev I 2023 2023 101. Donev II 48th Nikolai Denkov 2023 2024 We Continue the Change 102. Denkov 49th Dimitar Glavchev 2024 2024 Independent 103. Glavchev I 2024 2025 104. Glavchev II 50th Rosen Zhelyazkov 2025 2026 GERB 105. Zhelyazkov 51st Iliana Iotova Andrey Gyurov 2026 2026 Independent 106. Gyurov Rumen Radev 2026 Incumbent Progressive Bulgaria 107. Radev 52nd
Timeline
See also Government of Bulgaria History of Bulgaria Politics of Bulgaria List of Bulgarian monarchs President of Bulgaria List of heads of state of Bulgaria List of presidents of Bulgaria (1990–present) Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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