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)

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyElectionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1Todor Burmov
1834–1906
17 July 18796 December 1879Conservative Party1879
Burmov
2
Kliment Branitski
1841–1901
6 December 18797 April 1880Conservative PartyKliment I
3Dragan Tsankov
1828–1911
7 April 188010 December 1880Liberal Party1879

1880
D. Tsankov I
4Petko Karavelov
1843–1903
10 December 18809 May 1881Liberal Party1881
Karavelov I
5Johan Ehrnrooth
1833–1913
9 May 188113 July 1881Imperial Russian Army1881

[1]
Ehrnrooth

Alexander I
1857–1893
13 July 18815 July 1882
6Leonid Sobolev
1844–1913
5 July 188219 September 1883Imperial Russian Army1882
[2]
Sobolev
Dragan Tsankov
1828–1911
19 September 188311 July 1884Liberal Party1884D. Tsankov II–III
Petko Karavelov
1843–1903
11 July 188421 August 1886Liberal PartyKaravelov II

Kliment of Tarnovo
1841–1901
21 August 188624 August 1886Conservative PartyKliment II
Petko Karavelov
1843–1903
24 August 188628 August 1886Liberal PartyKaravelov III
7Vasil Radoslavov
1854–1929
28 August 188610 July 1887Liberal Party1886Radoslavov I
8Konstantin Stoilov
1853–1901
10 July 18871 September 1887Conservative PartyStoilov I
9Stefan Stambolov
1854–1895
1 September 188731 May 1894People's Liberal Party1887
1890
1893

1893
Stambolov
Konstantin Stoilov
1853–1901
31 May 189430 January 1899People's Party1894
1896
Stoilov II–III
10Dimitar Grekov
1847–1901
30 January 189913 October 1899People's Liberal Party1899Grekov
11Todor Ivanchov
1858–1905
13 October 189925 January 1901Liberal Party (Radoslavists)Ivanchov I–II
12Racho Petrov
1861–1942
25 January 19015 March 1901Independent1901Petrov I
Petko Karavelov
1843–1903
5 March 19014 January 1902Democratic PartyKaravelov IV
13Stoyan Danev
1858–1949
4 January 190219 May 1903Progressive Liberal Party1902Danev I–III
Racho Petrov
1861–1942
19 May 19035 November 1906Independent1903Petrov II
14Dimitar Petkov
1858–1907
5 November 190611 March 1907†People's Liberal PartyPetkov
15Dimitar Stanchov
1863–1940
12 March 190716 March 1907IndependentStanchov
16Petar Gudev
1863–1932
16 March 190729 January 1908People's Liberal PartyGudev
17Aleksandar Malinov
1867–1938
29 January 19085 October 1908Democratic Party1908Malinov I

Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyElectionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
17Aleksandar Malinov
1867–1938
5 October 190829 March 1911Democratic PartyMalinov I–II
18Ivan Evstratiev Geshov
1849–1924
29 March 191114 June 1913People's Party1911

1911
Geshov
Stoyan Danev
1858–1949
14 June 191317 July 1913Progressive Liberal PartyDanev IV
Vasil Radoslavov
1854–1929
17 July 191321 June 1918Liberal Party (Radoslavists)1913
1914
Radoslavov II–III
Aleksandar Malinov
1867–1938
21 June 191828 November 1918Democratic PartyMalinov III–IV
19Teodor Teodorov
1869–1924
28 November 19186 October 1919People's PartyTeodorov I–II
20Aleksandar Stamboliyski
1879–1923
6 October 19199 June 1923
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union1919
1920
1923
Stamboliyski I–II
21Aleksandar Tsankov
1879–1959
9 June 19234 January 1926Democratic Alliance1923
A. Tsankov I–II
22Andrey Lyapchev
1866–1933
4 January 192629 June 1931Democratic Alliance1927Lyapchev I–III
Aleksandar Malinov
1867–1938
29 June 193112 October 1931Democratic Party1931Malinov V
23Nikola Mushanov
1872–1951
12 October 193119 May 1934
Democratic PartyMushanov I–III
24Kimon Georgiev
1882–1969
19 May 193422 January 1935IndependentGeorgiev I
25Pencho Zlatev
1881–1948
22 January 193521 April 1935Bulgarian ArmyZlatev
26Andrey Toshev
1867–1944
21 April 193523 November 1935IndependentToshev
27Georgi Kyoseivanov
1884–1960
23 November 193516 February 1940Independent1938
1939
Kyoseivanov I–IV
28Bogdan Filov
1883–1945
16 February 19409 September 1943IndependentFilov I–II
Petar Gabrovski
1898–1945
9 September 194314 September 1943IndependentFilov II
29Dobri Bozhilov
1884–1945
14 September 19431 June 1944IndependentBozhilov
30Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov
1891–1945
1 June 19442 September 1944IndependentBagryanov
31[3] Konstantin Muraviev
1893–1965
2 September 19449 September 1944
Bulgarian Agrarian National UnionMuraviev
Kimon Georgiev
1882–1969
9 September 194415 September 1946Zveno1945Georgiev II–III

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyElectionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
Kimon Georgiev
1882–1969
15 September 194623 November 1946ZvenoGeorgiev III
32Georgi Dimitrov
1882–1949
23 November 19462 July 1949†Bulgarian Communist Party1946Dimitrov I–II
33Vasil Kolarov
1877–1950
2 July 1949
23 January 1950†Bulgarian Communist Party1949Kolarov I–II
34Valko Chervenkov
1900–1980
23 January 1950
17 April 1956Bulgarian Communist Party1953Chervenkov
35Anton Yugov
1904–1991
17 April 195619 November 1962Bulgarian Communist Party1957Yugov I–III
36Todor Zhivkov
1911–1998
19 November 19627 July 1971Bulgarian Communist Party1962
1966
Zhivkov I–II
37Stanko Todorov
1920–1996
7 July 197116 June 1981Bulgarian Communist Party1971
1976
Todorov I–II
38Grisha Filipov
1919–1994
16 June 198121 March 1986Bulgarian Communist Party1981Filipov
39Georgi Atanasov
1933–2022
21 March 19863 February 1990Bulgarian Communist Party1986Atanasov
40Andrey Lukanov
1938–1996
3 February 199015 November 1990Bulgarian Communist PartyLukanov I–II
Bulgarian Socialist Party

Republic of Bulgaria (1990–present)

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyElectionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
Andrey Lukanov
1938–1996
15 November 19907 December 1990Bulgarian Socialist PartyLukanov II
41Dimitar Popov
1927–2015
7 December 19908 November 1991Independent1990Popov
Prime Ministers
42Philip Dimitrov
Born 1955
8 November 199130 December 1992Union of Democratic Forces1991Dimitrov
43Lyuben Berov
1925–2006
30 December 199217 October 1994Independent

Movement for Rights and Freedoms
Berov
44Reneta Indzhova
Born 1953
17 October 199425 January 1995IndependentIndzhova
45Zhan Videnov
Born 1959
25 January 199513 February 1997Bulgarian Socialist Party1994Videnov
46Stefan Sofiyanski
Born 1951
13 February 199721 May 1997Union of Democratic ForcesSofiyanski
47Ivan Kostov
Born 1949
21 May 199724 July 2001Union of Democratic Forces1997Kostov
48Simeon Sakskoburggotski
Born 1937
24 July 200117 August 2005National Movement Simeon II2001Sakskoburggotski
49Sergey Stanishev
Born 1966
17 August 200527 July 2009Bulgarian Socialist Party2005Stanishev
50Boyko Borisov
Born 1959
27 July 200913 March 2013GERB2009Borisov I
51Marin Raykov
Born 1960
13 March 201329 May 2013IndependentRaykov
52Plamen Oresharski
Born 1960
29 May 20136 August 2014Independent

Bulgarian Socialist Party
2013Oresharski
53Georgi Bliznashki
Born 1956
6 August 20147 November 2014IndependentBliznashki
Boyko Borisov
Born 1959
7 November 201427 January 2017GERB2014Borisov II
54Ognyan Gerdzhikov
Born 1946
27 January 20174 May 2017IndependentGerdzhikov
Boyko Borisov
Born 1959
4 May 201712 May 2021GERB2017Borisov III
55Stefan Yanev
Born 1960
12 May 202113 December 2021Independent2021

2021
Yanev I-II
56Kiril Petkov
Born 1980
13 December 20211 August 2022We Continue the ChangePetkov
57Galab Donev
Born 1967
2 August 20226 June 2023Independent
2022
Donev I-II
58Nikolay Denkov
Born 1962
6 June 20239 April 2024We Continue the Change2023Denkov
59Dimitar Glavchev
Born 1963
9 April 2024IncumbentIndependentGlavchev

See also

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)."