List of heads of government of Bulgaria

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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[edit]

Principality of Bulgaria (1878–1908)[edit]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Election Cabinet
Took office Left office Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1879–1908
1 Todor Burmov
1834–1906
(Lived: 72 years) 		17 July 1879 6 December 1879 142 days Conservative Party 1879
(Jan) 		Burmov
2 Bishop
Kliment Branitski
1841–1901
(Lived: 60 years) 		6 December 1879 7 April 1880 123 days Conservative Party — Kliment I
3 Dragan Tsankov
1828–1911
(Lived: 82 years) 		7 April 1880 10 December 1880 247 days Liberal Party 1879
(Sep–Oct)
1880 		D. Tsankov I
4 Petko Karavelov
1843–1903
(Lived: 59 years) 		10 December 1880 9 May 1881 150 days Liberal Party 1881
(Jan) 		Karavelov I
5 Johan Ehrnrooth
1833–1913
(Lived: 79 years) 		9 May 1881 13 July 1881 65 days Imperial Russian Army 1881
(Jun)
[NA 1] 		Ehrnrooth
— Vacant: authoritarian regime by Prince
Alexander I
1857–1893
(Lived: 36 years) 		13 July 1881 5 July 1882 357 days — — —
6 Leonid Sobolev
1844–1913
(Lived: 69 years) 		5 July 1882 19 September 1883 1 year, 76 days Imperial Russian Army 1882
[NA 2] 		Sobolev
(3) Dragan Tsankov
1828–1911
(Lived: 82 years)
2nd time 		19 September 1883 11 July 1884 296 days Liberal Party 1884 D. Tsankov II–III
(4) Petko Karavelov
1843–1903
(Lived: 59 years)
2nd time 		11 July 1884 21 August 1886 2 years, 41 days Liberal Party — Karavelov II
(2) Metropolitan
Kliment of Tarnovo
1841–1901
(Lived: 60 years)
2nd time 		21 August 1886 24 August 1886 3 days Conservative Party — Kliment II
(4) Petko Karavelov
1843–1903
(Lived: 59 years)
3rd time 		24 August 1886 28 August 1886 4 days Liberal Party — Karavelov III
7 Vasil Radoslavov
1854–1929
(Lived: 75 years) 		28 August 1886 10 July 1887 316 days Liberal Party 1886 Radoslavov I
8 Konstantin Stoilov
1853–1901
(Lived: 47 years) 		10 July 1887 1 September 1887 53 days Conservative Party — Stoilov I
9 Stefan Stambolov
1854–1895
(Lived: 41 years) 		1 September 1887 31 May 1894 6 years, 272 days People's Liberal Party 1887
1890
1893
(Apr)
1893
(Jul) 		Stambolov
(8) Konstantin Stoilov
1853–1901
(Lived: 47 years)
2nd time 		31 May 1894 30 January 1899 4 years, 244 days People's Party 1894
1896 		Stoilov II–III
10 Dimitar Grekov
1847–1901
(Lived: 53 years) 		30 January 1899 13 October 1899 256 days People's Liberal Party 1899 Grekov
11 Todor Ivanchov
1858–1905
(Lived: 46 years) 		13 October 1899 25 January 1901 1 year, 104 days Liberal Party (Radoslavists) — Ivanchov I–II
12 Racho Petrov
1861–1942
(Lived: 80 years) 		25 January 1901 5 March 1901 39 days Independent 1901 Petrov I
(4) Petko Karavelov
1843–1903
(Lived: 59 years)
4th time 		5 March 1901 4 January 1902 305 days Democratic Party — Karavelov IV
13 Stoyan Danev
1858–1949
(Lived: 91 years) 		4 January 1902 19 May 1903 1 year, 135 days Progressive Liberal Party 1902 Danev I–III
(12) Racho Petrov
1861–1942
(Lived: 80 years)
2nd time 		19 May 1903 5 November 1906 3 years, 170 days Independent 1903 Petrov II
14 Dimitar Petkov
1858–1907
(Lived: 48 years) 		5 November 1906 11 March 1907† 126 days People's Liberal Party — Petkov
15 Dimitar Stanchov
1863–1940
(Lived: 76 years)
Acting 		12 March 1907 16 March 1907 4 days Independent — Stanchov
16 Petar Gudev
1863–1932
(Lived: 68 years) 		16 March 1907 29 January 1908 319 days People's Liberal Party — Gudev
17 Aleksandar Malinov
1867–1938
(Lived: 70 years) 		29 January 1908 5 October 1908 250 days Democratic Party 1908 Malinov I

Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)[edit]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Election Cabinet
Took office Left office Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1908–1946
17 Aleksandar Malinov
1867–1938
(Lived: 70 years) 		5 October 1908 29 March 1911 2 years, 175 days Democratic Party — Malinov I–II
18 Ivan Evstratiev Geshov
1849–1924
(Lived: 75 years) 		29 March 1911 14 June 1913 2 years, 77 days People's Party 1911
(Jun)
1911
(Sep) 		Geshov
(13) Stoyan Danev
1858–1949
(Lived: 91 years)
2nd time 		14 June 1913 17 July 1913 33 days Progressive Liberal Party — Danev IV
(7) Vasil Radoslavov
1854–1929
(Lived: 75 years)
2nd time 		17 July 1913 21 June 1918 4 years, 339 days Liberal Party (Radoslavists) 1913
1914 		Radoslavov II–III
(17) Aleksandar Malinov
1867–1938
(Lived: 70 years)
2nd time 		21 June 1918 28 November 1918 160 days Democratic Party — Malinov III–IV
19 Teodor Teodorov
1869–1924
(Lived: 55 years) 		28 November 1918 6 October 1919 312 days People's Party — Teodorov I–II
20 Aleksandar Stamboliyski
1879–1923
(Lived: 44 years) 		6 October 1919 9 June 1923
(Deposed) 		3 years, 246 days Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 1919
1920
1923
(Apr) 		Stamboliyski I–II
21 Aleksandar Tsankov
1879–1959
(Lived: 80 years) 		9 June 1923 4 January 1926 2 years, 209 days Democratic Alliance 1923
(Nov) 		A. Tsankov I–II
22 Andrey Lyapchev
1866–1933
(Lived: 66 years) 		4 January 1926 29 June 1931 5 years, 176 days Democratic Alliance 1927 Lyapchev I–III
(17) Aleksandar Malinov
1867–1938
(Lived: 70 years)
3rd time 		29 June 1931 12 October 1931 105 days Democratic Party 1931 Malinov V
23 Nikola Mushanov
1872–1951
(Lived: 79 years) 		12 October 1931 19 May 1934
(Deposed) 		2 years, 219 days Democratic Party — Mushanov I–III
24 Kimon Georgiev
1882–1969
(Lived: 87 years) 		19 May 1934 22 January 1935 248 days Independent — Georgiev I
25 Pencho Zlatev
1881–1948
(Lived: 66 years) 		22 January 1935 21 April 1935 89 days Bulgarian Army — Zlatev
26 Andrey Toshev
1867–1944
(Lived: 76 years) 		21 April 1935 23 November 1935 216 days Independent — Toshev
27 Georgi Kyoseivanov
1884–1960
(Lived: 76 years) 		23 November 1935 16 February 1940 4 years, 85 days Independent 1938
1939 		Kyoseivanov I–IV
28 Bogdan Filov
1883–1945
(Lived: 61 years) 		16 February 1940 9 September 1943 3 years, 205 days Independent — Filov I–II
— Petar Gabrovski
1898–1945
(Lived: 46 years)
Acting 		9 September 1943 14 September 1943 5 days Independent — Filov II
29 Dobri Bozhilov
1884–1945
(Lived: 60 years) 		14 September 1943 1 June 1944 261 days Independent — Bozhilov
30 Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov
1891–1945
(Lived: 53 years) 		1 June 1944 2 September 1944 93 days Independent — Bagryanov
31[1] Konstantin Muraviev
1893–1965
(Lived: 71 years) 		2 September 1944 9 September 1944
(Deposed) 		7 days Bulgarian Agrarian National Union — Muraviev
(24) Kimon Georgiev
1882–1969
(Lived: 87 years)
2nd time 		9 September 1944 15 September 1946 2 years, 6 days Zveno 1945 Georgiev II–III

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)[edit]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Election Cabinet
Took office Left office Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1946–1990
(24) Kimon Georgiev
1882–1969
(Lived: 87 years)
2nd time 		15 September 1946 23 November 1946 69 days Zveno — Georgiev III
32 Georgi Dimitrov
1882–1949
(Lived: 67 years) 		23 November 1946 2 July 1949† 2 years, 221 days Bulgarian Communist Party 1946 Dimitrov I–II
33 Vasil Kolarov
1877–1950
(Lived: 72 years) 		2 July 1949
Acting until
20 July 1949 		23 January 1950† 205 days Bulgarian Communist Party 1949 Kolarov I–II
34 Valko Chervenkov
1900–1980
(Lived: 80 years) 		23 January 1950
Acting until
3 February 1950 		17 April 1956 6 years, 85 days Bulgarian Communist Party 1953 Chervenkov
35 Anton Yugov
1904–1991
(Lived: 86 years) 		17 April 1956 19 November 1962 6 years, 216 days Bulgarian Communist Party 1957 Yugov I–III
36 Todor Zhivkov
1911–1998
(Lived: 86 years) 		19 November 1962 7 July 1971 8 years, 230 days Bulgarian Communist Party 1962
1966 		Zhivkov I–II
37 Stanko Todorov
1920–1996
(Lived: 76 years) 		7 July 1971 16 June 1981 9 years, 344 days Bulgarian Communist Party 1971
1976 		Todorov I–II
38 Grisha Filipov
1919–1994
(Lived: 75 years) 		16 June 1981 21 March 1986 4 years, 278 days Bulgarian Communist Party 1981 Filipov
39 Georgi Atanasov
1933–2022
(Lived: 88 years) 		21 March 1986 3 February 1990 3 years, 319 days Bulgarian Communist Party 1986 Atanasov
40 Andrey Lukanov
1938–1996
(Lived: 58 years) 		3 February 1990 15 November 1990 285 days Bulgarian Communist Party — Lukanov I–II
(40) Bulgarian Socialist Party

Republic of Bulgaria (1990–present)[edit]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Election Cabinet
Took office Left office Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1990–1991
(40) Andrey Lukanov
1938–1996
(Lived: 58 years) 		15 November 1990 7 December 1990 22 days Bulgarian Socialist Party — Lukanov II
41 Dimitar Popov
1927–2015
(Lived: 88 years) 		7 December 1990 8 November 1991 336 days Independent 1990 Popov
Prime Ministers
1991–onwards
42 Philip Dimitrov
Born 1955
(69 years old) 		8 November 1991 30 December 1992 1 year, 52 days Union of Democratic Forces 1991 Dimitrov
43 Lyuben Berov
1925–2006
(Lived: 81 years) 		30 December 1992 17 October 1994 1 year, 291 days Independent
supported by
Movement for Rights and Freedoms 		— Berov
44 Reneta Indzhova
Born 1953
(70 years old) 		17 October 1994 25 January 1995 100 days Independent — Indzhova[a]
45 Zhan Videnov
Born 1959
(65 years old) 		25 January 1995 13 February 1997 2 years, 19 days Bulgarian Socialist Party 1994 Videnov
46 Stefan Sofiyanski
Born 1951
(72 years old) 		13 February 1997 21 May 1997 97 days Union of Democratic Forces — Sofiyanski[b]
47 Ivan Kostov
Born 1949
(74 years old) 		21 May 1997 24 July 2001 4 years, 64 days Union of Democratic Forces 1997 Kostov
48 Simeon Sakskoburggotski
Born 1937
(86 years old) 		24 July 2001 17 August 2005 4 years, 24 days National Movement Simeon II 2001 Sakskoburggotski
49 Sergey Stanishev
Born 1966
(57 years old) 		17 August 2005 27 July 2009 3 years, 344 days Bulgarian Socialist Party 2005 Stanishev
50 Boyko Borisov
Born 1959
(64 years old) 		27 July 2009 13 March 2013 3 years, 229 days GERB 2009 Borisov I
51 Marin Raykov
Born 1960
(63 years old) 		13 March 2013 29 May 2013 77 days Independent — Raykov[c]
52 Plamen Oresharski
Born 1960
(64 years old) 		29 May 2013 6 August 2014 1 year, 69 days Independent
supported by
Bulgarian Socialist Party 		2013 Oresharski
53 Georgi Bliznashki
Born 1956
(67 years old) 		6 August 2014 7 November 2014 93 days Independent — Bliznashki[d]
(50) Boyko Borisov
Born 1959
(64 years old)
2nd time 		7 November 2014 27 January 2017 2 years, 81 days GERB 2014 Borisov II
54 Ognyan Gerdzhikov
Born 1946
(78 years old) 		27 January 2017 4 May 2017 97 days Independent — Gerdzhikov[e]
(50) Boyko Borisov
Born 1959
(64 years old)
3rd time 		4 May 2017 12 May 2021 4 years, 8 days GERB 2017 Borisov III
55 Stefan Yanev
Born 1960
(64 years old) 		12 May 2021 13 December 2021 215 days Independent 2021
(Apr)
2021
(Jul) 		Yanev I[f]-II[g]
56 Kiril Petkov
Born 1980
(44 years old) 		13 December 2021 1 August 2022 231 days We Continue the Change 2021
(Nov) 		Petkov
57 Galab Donev
Born 1967
(57 years old) 		2 August 2022 6 June 2023 308 days Independent —
2022 		Donev I[h]-II[i]
58 Nikolay Denkov
Born 1962
(61 years old) 		6 June 2023 9 April 2024 308 days We Continue the Change 2023 Denkov
59 Dimitar Glavchev
Born 1963
(60 years old) 		9 April 2024 Incumbent 13 days Independent — Glavchev[j]
  1. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Zhelyu Zhelev, following the resignation of Lyuben Berov
  2. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Petar Stoyanov, following the resignation of Zhan Videnov
  3. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Rosen Plevneliev, following the resignation of Boyko Borisov
  4. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Rosen Plevneliev, following the resignation of Plamen Oresharski
  5. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Rumen Radev, following the resignation of Boyko Borisov
  6. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Rumen Radev, when no party was able to form a government in the 45th National Assembly
  7. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Rumen Radev, when no party was able to form a government in the 46th National Assembly
  8. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Rumen Radev, following the resignation of Kiril Petkov
  9. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Rumen Radev, when no party was able to form a government in the 48th National Assembly
  10. ^ Interim government, appointed by president Rumen Radev, following the resignation of Nikolay Denkov

Timeline[edit]

Principality of Bulgaria[edit]

Aleksandar MalinovPetar GudevDimitar StanchovDimitar PetkovStoyan DanevRacho PetrovTodor IvanchovDimitar GrekovStefan StambolovKonstantin StoilovVasil RadoslavovLeonid SobolevJohan EhrnroothPetko KaravelovDragan TsankovKliment of TarnovoTodor Burmov

Kingdom of Bulgaria[edit]

Konstantin MuravievIvan BagrianovDobri BozhilovPetar GabrovskiBogdan FilovGeorgi KyoseivanovAndrey ToshevPencho ZlatevKimon GeorgievNikola MushanovAndrey LyapchevAndrey LyapchevAleksandar TsankovAleksandar StamboliyskiTeodor TeodorovVasil RadoslavovStoyan DanevIvan Evstratiev GeshovAleksandar Malinov

People's Republic of Bulgaria[edit]

Andrey LukanovGeorgi Atanasov (politician)Grisha FilipovStanko TodorovTodor ZhivkovAnton YugovValko ChervenkovVasil KolarovGeorgi DimitrovKimon Georgiev

Republic of Bulgaria[edit]

Nikolai DenkovGalab DonevKiril PetkovStefan Yanev (general)Ognyan GerdzhikovGeorgi BliznashkiPlamen OresharskiMarin RaykovBoyko BorisovSergei StanishevSimeon SakskoburggotskiIvan KostovStefan SofiyanskiZhan VidenovReneta IndzhovaLyuben BerovPhilip DimitrovDimitar Iliev PopovAndrey Lukanov

Footnotes[edit]

  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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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)." (in Bulgarian)

See also[edit]

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