List of heads of government of Bulgaria explained

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)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Election	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1		Todor Burmov 1834–1906	17 July 1879	6 December 1879		Conservative Party	1879	Burmov
2		Kliment Branitski 1841–1901	6 December 1879	7 April 1880		Conservative Party	—	Kliment I
3		Dragan Tsankov 1828–1911	7 April 1880	10 December 1880		Liberal Party	1879 1880	D. Tsankov I
4		Petko Karavelov 1843–1903	10 December 1880	9 May 1881		Liberal Party	1881	Karavelov I
5		Johan Ehrnrooth 1833–1913	9 May 1881	13 July 1881		Imperial Russian Army	1881 ^[1]	Ehrnrooth
—		Alexander I 1857–1893	13 July 1881	5 July 1882		—	—	—
6		Leonid Sobolev 1844–1913	5 July 1882	19 September 1883		Imperial Russian Army	1882 ^[2]	Sobolev
		Dragan Tsankov 1828–1911	19 September 1883	11 July 1884		Liberal Party	1884	D. Tsankov II–III
		Petko Karavelov 1843–1903	11 July 1884	21 August 1886		Liberal Party	—	Karavelov II
		Kliment of Tarnovo 1841–1901	21 August 1886	24 August 1886		Conservative Party	—	Kliment II
		Petko Karavelov 1843–1903	24 August 1886	28 August 1886		Liberal Party	—	Karavelov III
7		Vasil Radoslavov 1854–1929	28 August 1886	10 July 1887		Liberal Party	1886	Radoslavov I
8		Konstantin Stoilov 1853–1901	10 July 1887	1 September 1887		Conservative Party	—	Stoilov I
9		Stefan Stambolov 1854–1895	1 September 1887	31 May 1894		People's Liberal Party	1887 1890 1893 1893	Stambolov
		Konstantin Stoilov 1853–1901	31 May 1894	30 January 1899		People's Party	1894 1896	Stoilov II–III
10		Dimitar Grekov 1847–1901	30 January 1899	13 October 1899		People's Liberal Party	1899	Grekov
11		Todor Ivanchov 1858–1905	13 October 1899	25 January 1901		Liberal Party (Radoslavists)	—	Ivanchov I–II
12		Racho Petrov 1861–1942	25 January 1901	5 March 1901		Independent	1901	Petrov I
		Petko Karavelov 1843–1903	5 March 1901	4 January 1902		Democratic Party	—	Karavelov IV
13		Stoyan Danev 1858–1949	4 January 1902	19 May 1903		Progressive Liberal Party	1902	Danev I–III
		Racho Petrov 1861–1942	19 May 1903	5 November 1906		Independent	1903	Petrov II
14		Dimitar Petkov 1858–1907	5 November 1906	11 March 1907†		People's Liberal Party	—	Petkov
15		Dimitar Stanchov 1863–1940	12 March 1907	16 March 1907		Independent	—	Stanchov
16		Petar Gudev 1863–1932	16 March 1907	29 January 1908		People's Liberal Party	—	Gudev
17		Aleksandar Malinov 1867–1938	29 January 1908	5 October 1908		Democratic Party	1908	Malinov I

Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Election	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
17		Aleksandar Malinov 1867–1938	5 October 1908	29 March 1911		Democratic Party	—	Malinov I–II
18		Ivan Evstratiev Geshov 1849–1924	29 March 1911	14 June 1913		People's Party	1911 1911	Geshov
		Stoyan Danev 1858–1949	14 June 1913	17 July 1913		Progressive Liberal Party	—	Danev IV
		Vasil Radoslavov 1854–1929	17 July 1913	21 June 1918		Liberal Party (Radoslavists)	1913 1914	Radoslavov II–III
		Aleksandar Malinov 1867–1938	21 June 1918	28 November 1918		Democratic Party	—	Malinov III–IV
19		Teodor Teodorov 1869–1924	28 November 1918	6 October 1919		People's Party	—	Teodorov I–II
20		Aleksandar Stamboliyski 1879–1923	6 October 1919	9 June 1923		Bulgarian Agrarian National Union	1919 1920 1923	Stamboliyski I–II
21		Aleksandar Tsankov 1879–1959	9 June 1923	4 January 1926		Democratic Alliance	1923	A. Tsankov I–II
22		Andrey Lyapchev 1866–1933	4 January 1926	29 June 1931		Democratic Alliance	1927	Lyapchev I–III
		Aleksandar Malinov 1867–1938	29 June 1931	12 October 1931		Democratic Party	1931	Malinov V
23		Nikola Mushanov 1872–1951	12 October 1931	19 May 1934		Democratic Party	—	Mushanov I–III
24		Kimon Georgiev 1882–1969	19 May 1934	22 January 1935		Independent	—	Georgiev I
25		Pencho Zlatev 1881–1948	22 January 1935	21 April 1935		Bulgarian Army	—	Zlatev
26		Andrey Toshev 1867–1944	21 April 1935	23 November 1935		Independent	—	Toshev
27		Georgi Kyoseivanov 1884–1960	23 November 1935	16 February 1940		Independent	1938 1939	Kyoseivanov I–IV
28		Bogdan Filov 1883–1945	16 February 1940	9 September 1943		Independent	—	Filov I–II
—		Petar Gabrovski 1898–1945	9 September 1943	14 September 1943		Independent	—	Filov II
29		Dobri Bozhilov 1884–1945	14 September 1943	1 June 1944		Independent	—	Bozhilov
30		Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov 1891–1945	1 June 1944	2 September 1944		Independent	—	Bagryanov
31^[3]		Konstantin Muraviev 1893–1965	2 September 1944	9 September 1944		Bulgarian Agrarian National Union	—	Muraviev
		Kimon Georgiev 1882–1969	9 September 1944	15 September 1946		Zveno	1945	Georgiev II–III

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Election	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
		Kimon Georgiev 1882–1969	15 September 1946	23 November 1946		Zveno	—	Georgiev III
32		Georgi Dimitrov 1882–1949	23 November 1946	2 July 1949†		Bulgarian Communist Party	1946	Dimitrov I–II
33		Vasil Kolarov 1877–1950	2 July 1949	23 January 1950†		Bulgarian Communist Party	1949	Kolarov I–II
34		Valko Chervenkov 1900–1980	23 January 1950	17 April 1956		Bulgarian Communist Party	1953	Chervenkov
35		Anton Yugov 1904–1991	17 April 1956	19 November 1962		Bulgarian Communist Party	1957	Yugov I–III
36		Todor Zhivkov 1911–1998	19 November 1962	7 July 1971		Bulgarian Communist Party	1962 1966	Zhivkov I–II
37		Stanko Todorov 1920–1996	7 July 1971	16 June 1981		Bulgarian Communist Party	1971 1976	Todorov I–II
38		Grisha Filipov 1919–1994	16 June 1981	21 March 1986		Bulgarian Communist Party	1981	Filipov
39		Georgi Atanasov 1933–2022	21 March 1986	3 February 1990		Bulgarian Communist Party	1986	Atanasov
40		Andrey Lukanov 1938–1996	3 February 1990	15 November 1990		Bulgarian Communist Party	—	Lukanov I–II
						Bulgarian Socialist Party

Republic of Bulgaria (1990–present)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Election	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
		Andrey Lukanov 1938–1996	15 November 1990	7 December 1990		Bulgarian Socialist Party	—	Lukanov II
41		Dimitar Popov 1927–2015	7 December 1990	8 November 1991		Independent	1990	Popov
Prime Ministers
42		Philip Dimitrov Born 1955	8 November 1991	30 December 1992		Union of Democratic Forces	1991	Dimitrov
43		Lyuben Berov 1925–2006	30 December 1992	17 October 1994		Independent Movement for Rights and Freedoms	—	Berov
44		Reneta Indzhova Born 1953	17 October 1994	25 January 1995		Independent	—	Indzhova
45		Zhan Videnov Born 1959	25 January 1995	13 February 1997		Bulgarian Socialist Party	1994	Videnov
46		Stefan Sofiyanski Born 1951	13 February 1997	21 May 1997		Union of Democratic Forces	—	Sofiyanski
47		Ivan Kostov Born 1949	21 May 1997	24 July 2001		Union of Democratic Forces	1997	Kostov
48		Simeon Sakskoburggotski Born 1937	24 July 2001	17 August 2005		National Movement Simeon II	2001	Sakskoburggotski
49		Sergey Stanishev Born 1966	17 August 2005	27 July 2009		Bulgarian Socialist Party	2005	Stanishev
50		Boyko Borisov Born 1959	27 July 2009	13 March 2013		GERB	2009	Borisov I
51		Marin Raykov Born 1960	13 March 2013	29 May 2013		Independent	—	Raykov
52		Plamen Oresharski Born 1960	29 May 2013	6 August 2014		Independent Bulgarian Socialist Party	2013	Oresharski
53		Georgi Bliznashki Born 1956	6 August 2014	7 November 2014		Independent	—	Bliznashki
		Boyko Borisov Born 1959	7 November 2014	27 January 2017		GERB	2014	Borisov II
54		Ognyan Gerdzhikov Born 1946	27 January 2017	4 May 2017		Independent	—	Gerdzhikov
		Boyko Borisov Born 1959	4 May 2017	12 May 2021		GERB	2017	Borisov III
55		Stefan Yanev Born 1960	12 May 2021	13 December 2021		Independent	2021 2021	Yanev I-II
56		Kiril Petkov Born 1980	13 December 2021	1 August 2022		We Continue the Change		Petkov
57		Galab Donev Born 1967	2 August 2022	6 June 2023		Independent	— 2022	Donev I-II
58		Nikolay Denkov Born 1962	6 June 2023	9 April 2024		We Continue the Change	2023	Denkov
59		Dimitar Glavchev Born 1963	9 April 2024	Incumbent		Independent	—	Glavchev

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

Notes and References

1. Johann Casimir Ehrnrooth was appointed by Prince Alexander I to preside over the election. Ehrnrooth was not elected by the Grand National Assembly.
2. Leonid Sobolev was appointed by Prince Alexander I during his authoritarian regime. Sobolev was not elected by the National Assembly.
3. Ilcho Dimitrov; Professor Bogdan Filov and his diary; 1990; "During the 65 years of the existence of the Bulgarian [monarchy], the post of Prime minister was held by 29 persons (excluding the two Russian generals Ehrnrooth and Sobolev)."