This is a list of Rectors of Sofia University from 1 October 1888. Until 1945, the term of the rectors was for each academic year.
The number of rectors is 56 and the number of seats is 74 :
No. name warrant of attorney 1. Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan 1888 – 1889 2. Dimitar Agura 1889 – 1890 3. Emanuil Ivanov 1890 – 1891 4. Ivan Georgov 1891 – 1892 5. Dimitar Agura 1892 – 1893 6. Emanuil Ivanov 1893 – 1894 7. Dimitar Agura 1894 – 1895 8. Marin Bŭchevarov 1895 – 1896 9. Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan 1896 – 1897 10. Georgi Zlatarski 1897 – 1898 11. Ivan Georgov 1898 – 1899 12. Nikola Dobrev 1899 – 1900 13. Lyubomir Miletich 1900 – 1901 14. Georgi Zlatarski 1901 – 1902 15. Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan 1902 – 1903 16. Boncho Boev 1903 – 1904 17. Georgi Zlatarski 1904 – 1905 18. Ivan Georgov 1905 – 1906 19. Stefan Kirov 1906 – 1907 20. Dimitar Agura 1907 – 1908 21. Pencho Raykov 1908 – 1909 22. Mikhail Popoviliev 1909 – 1910 23. Benyo Stefanov Tsonev 1910 – 1911 24. Stepan Jurinić 1911 – 1912 25. Stefan Kirov 1912 – 1913 26. Vasil Zlatarski 1913 – 1914 27. Georgi Bonchev 1914 – 1915 28. Anastas Ishirkov 1915 – 1916 29. Ivan Georgov 1916 – 1917 30. Georgi Shishkov 1917 – 1918 31. Ivan Georgov 1918 – 1919 32. Aleksandar Tsankov 1919 – 1920 33. Methodius Popov 1920 – 1921 34. Lyubomir Miletich 1921 – 1922 35. Zahari Karaoglanov 1922 – 1923 36. Vasil Mollov 1923 – 1924 37. Vasil Zlatarski 1924 – 1925 38. Stefan Petkov 1925 – 1925 39. Vladimir Aleksiev 1926 – 1927 40. Gavril Katsarov 1927 – 1928 41. Georgi Shishkov 1928 – 1929 42. Stefan Balamezov 1929 – 1930 43. Stoyan Kirkovich 1930 – 1931 44. Bogdan Filov 1931 – 1932 45. Lyuben Dikov 1933 – 1934 46. Vasil Mollov 1934 – 1935 47. Michail Arnaudov 1935 – 1936 48. Georgi Manev 1936 – 1937 49. Georgi Genov 1937 – 1938 50. Aleksandar Stanishev 1938 – 1939 51. Yanaki Mollov 1939 – 1940 52. Stefan Tsankov 1940 – 1941 53. Stephan Angeloff 1941 – 1942 54. Dimitŭr Katsarov 1942 – 1943 55. Ljubomir Chakaloff 1943 – 1944 56. Dimitŭr Silyanovski 1944 57. Stefan Balamezov 1944 – 1945 58. Dimitŭr Orahovac 1945 – 1947 59. Georgi Nadjakov 1947 – 1951 60. Vladimir I. Georgiev 1951 – 1956 61. Daki Jordanov 1956 – 1962 62. Dimitŭr Kosev 1962 – 1968 63. Panteleĭ Zarev 1968 – 1972 64. Hristo Hristov 1972 – 1973 65. Blagovest Sendov 1973 – 1979 66. Ilcho Dimitrov 1979 – 1981 67. Georgi Bliznakov 1981 – 1986 68. Mincho Semov 1986 – 1989 69. Nikola Popov 1989 – 1991 70. Nikolay Genchev 1991 – 1993 71. Ivan Lalov 1993 – 1999 72. Boyan Biolchev 1999 – 2007 73. Ivan Ilchev 2007 – 2015 74. Anastas Gerdzhikov 2015 –
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