Post: | First Lady of Bulgaria |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Bulgaria.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Bulgaria |
Incumbent: | Desislava Radeva[1] |
Incumbentsince: | 22 January 2017 |
Termlength: | Concurrent with the president's term (unless a divorce or death takes place) |
Residence: | Largo, Sofia |
Formation: | 17 November 1989 |
Inaugural: | Mariya Zheleva |
First Lady of Bulgaria is an unofficial honorific applied to the wife of the president of Bulgaria. Officially, her term as first lady is concurrent with her husband's term in office. The first lady often accompanies the head of state during state visits and official functions. The title of First Lady was first used in Bulgaria in the early 1990s, following the example of the United States.[2]
The current first lady is Desislava Radeva, the wife of the 5th president of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev. At present, have been five first ladies of the Republic of Bulgaria, including Radeva.[3] [4]
Image | Name | Term | President |
---|---|---|---|
Maria Zheleva[5] | 1 August 1990 – 22 January 1997 | Zhelyu Zhelev | |
Antonina Stoyanova | 22 January 1997 – 22 January 2002 | Petar Stoyanov | |
Zorka Parvanova | 22 January 2002 – 22 January 2012 | Georgi Parvanov | |
Yuliyana Plevnelieva[6] | 22 January 2012 – 22 January 2017 | Rosen Plevneliev | |
Desislava Radeva[7] | 22 January 2017 – present | Rumen Radev | |