List of Prime Ministers 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.

[edit] Prime Ministers of Bulgaria (1879-Present)

[edit] Principality of Bulgaria (1878-1908)

#	Name	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers 1879 - 1908
1	Todor Burmov	1834–1906	17 July 1879	6 December 1879	Conservative Party
2	Archbishop Kliment Turnovski	1841–1906	6 December 1879	7 April 1880	Conservative Party
3	Dragan Tsankov	1828–1911	7 April 1880	10 December 1880	Liberal Party
4	Petko Karavelov	1843–1903	10 December 1880	9 May 1881	Liberal Party
5	Johann Casimir Ehrnrooth	1833–1913	9 May 1881	13 July 1881	Military
Vacant (13 July 1881-5 July 1882)
6	Leonid Sobolev	1844–1913	5 July 1882	19 September 1883	Military
(3)	Dragan Tsankov, 2nd time	1828–1911	19 September 1883	11 July 1884	Liberal Party
(4)	Petko Karavelov, 2nd time	1843–1903	11 July 1884	21 August 1886	Liberal Party
(2)	Archbishop Kliment Turnovski, 2nd time	1841–1906	21 August 1886	24 August 1886	Conservative Party
(4)	Petko Karavelov, 3rd time	1843–1903	24 August 1886	28 August 1886	Liberal Party
7	Vasil Radoslavov	1854–1929	28 August 1886	10 July 1887	Liberal Party
8	Konstantin Stoilov	1853–1901	10 July 1887	1 September 1887	Conservative Party
9	Stefan Stambolov	1854–1895	1 September 1887	31 May 1894	People's Liberal Party
(8)	Konstantin Stoilov, 2nd time	1853–1901	31 May 1894	30 January 1899	People's Party
10	Dimitar Grekov	1847–1901	30 January 1899	13 October 1899	People's Liberal Party
11	Todor Ivanchov	1858–1906	13 October 1899	25 January 1901	Liberal Party (Radoslavist)
12	Racho Petrov	1861–1942	25 January 1901	5 March 1901	Non-party
(4)	Petko Karavelov, 4th time	1843–1903	5 March 1901	4 January 1902	Democratic Party
13	Stoyan Danev	1858–1949	4 January 1902	19 May 1903	Progressive Liberal Party
(11)	Racho Petrov, 2nd time	1861–1942	19 May 1903	5 November 1906	Non-party
14	Dimitar Petkov	1858–1907	5 November 1906	11 March 1907	People's Liberal Party
15	Dimitar Stanchov (acting)	1863–1940	12 March 1907	16 March 1907	Non-party
16	Petar Gudev	1863–1932	16 March 1907	29 January 1908	People's Liberal Party
17	Aleksandar Malinov	1867–1938	29 January 1908	5 October 1908	Democratic Party

[edit] Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908-1946)

#	Name	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers 1908 - 1946
17	Aleksandar Malinov	1867–1938	5 October 1908	29 March 1911	Democratic Party
18	Ivan Evstratiev Geshov	1849–1924	29 March 1911	14 June 1913	People's Party
(13)	Stoyan Danev, 2nd time	1858–1949	14 June 1913	17 July 1913	Progressive Liberal Party
(7)	Vasil Radoslavov, 2nd time	1854–1929	17 July 1913	21 June 1918	Liberal Party (Radoslavist)
(17)	Aleksandar Malinov, 2nd time	1867–1938	21 June 1918	28 November 1918	Democratic Party
19	Teodor Teodorov	1859–1924	28 November 1918	6 October 1919	People's Party
20	Aleksandar Stamboliyski	1879–1923	6 October 1919	9 June 1923 (deposed)	Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union
21	Aleksandar Tsankov	1879–1959	9 June 1923	4 January 1926	Democratic Alliance
22	Andrey Lyapchev	1866–1933	4 January 1926	29 June 1931	Democratic Alliance
(17)	Aleksandar Malinov, 3rd time	1867–1938	29 June 1931	12 October 1931	Democratic Party
23	Nikola Mushanov	1872–1951	12 October 1931	19 May 1934 (deposed)	Democratic Party
24	Kimon Georgiev	1882–1969	19 May 1934	22 January 1935	Zveno
25	Pencho Zlatev	1881–1948	22 January 1935	21 April 1935	Military
26	Andrey Toshev	1867–1944	21 April 1935	23 November 1935	Non-party
27	Georgi Kyoseivanov	1884–1960	23 November 1935	16 February 1940	Non-party
28	Bogdan Filov	1883–1945	16 February 1940	9 September 1943	Non-party
-	Petur Gabrovski (acting)	1898–1947	9 September 1943	14 September 1943	Non-party
29	Dobri Bozhilov	1884–1945	14 September 1943	1 June 1944	Non-party
30	Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov	1891–1945	1 June 1944	2 September 1944	Non-party
31	Konstantin Muraviev	1893–1965	2 September 1944	9 September 1944 (deposed)	Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union
(24)	Kimon Georgiev, 2nd time	1882–1969	9 September 1944	23 November 1946	Zveno

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

#	Name	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers 1946 - 1990
32	Georgi Dimitrov	1882–1949	23 November 1946	2 July 1949	Bulgarian Communist Party
33	Vasil Kolarov	1877–1950	2 July 1949	23 January 1950	Bulgarian Communist Party
34	Valko Chervenkov	1900–1980	3 February 1950	17 April 1956	Bulgarian Communist Party
35	Anton Yugov	1904–1991	17 April 1956	19 November 1962	Bulgarian Communist Party
36	Todor Zhivkov	1911–1998	19 November 1962	7 July 1971	Bulgarian Communist Party
37	Stanko Todorov	1920–1996	7 July 1971	16 June 1981	Bulgarian Communist Party
38	Grisha Filipov	1919–1994	16 June 1981	21 March 1986	Bulgarian Communist Party
39	Georgi Atanasov	1933–	21 March 1986	3 February 1990	Bulgarian Communist Party
40	Andrey Lukanov	1938–1996	3 February 1990	7 December 1990	Bulgarian Socialist Party

[edit] Republic of Bulgaria (1990-Present)

#	Name (Born-Died)	Elected	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1990 - 1991
41	Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927– )	1990	7 December 1990	8 November 1991	Non-party
Prime Ministers 1991 onwards
42	Philip Dimitrov (1955– )	1991	8 November 1991	30 December 1992	Union of Democratic Forces
43	Lyuben Berov (1925–2006)	—	30 December 1992	17 October 1994	Non-party
44	Reneta Indzhova (acting) (1953– )	—	17 October 1994	25 January 1995	Non-party
45	Zhan Videnov (1959– )	1994	25 January 1995	13 February 1997	Bulgarian Socialist Party
46	Stefan Sofiyanski (acting) (1951– )	—	13 February 1997	21 May 1997	Union of Democratic Forces
47	Ivan Kostov (1949– )	1997	21 May 1997	24 July 2001	United Democratic Forces
48	Simeon Sakskoburggotski (1937– )	2001	24 July 2001	17 August 2005	National Movement Simeon II
49	Sergei Stanishev (1966– )	2005	17 August 2005	27 July 2009	Bulgarian Socialist Party
50	Boyko Borisov (1959– )	2009	27 July 2009	Incumbent	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria