List of Presidents of Bulgaria

President of the Republic of Bulgaria Президент на Република България
Standard of the President of Bulgaria
Incumbent Rosen Plevneliev since 22 January 2012
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Boyana Residence, Sofia
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Petar Mladenov
Formation	3 April 1990
Salary	€ 28,310 (2010)
Website	www.president.bg

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This is a list of heads of state of Bulgaria since the abolition of the monarchy in 1946, as well as leaders of Bulgarian Communist Party during the time when it played the "leading role" in the Bulgarian state.

Heads of State of Bulgaria (1946-Present)

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)

Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Chairman of the Provisional Presidency 1946 - 1947
Vasil Kolarov		1877–1950	15 September 1946	9 December 1947	Bulgarian Communist Party
Chairmen of the Presidium of the National Assembly 1947 - 1971
Mincho Neychev		1897–1956	9 December 1947	27 May 1950	Bulgarian Communist Party
Georgi Damyanov		1892–1958	27 May 1950	27 November 1958	Bulgarian Communist Party
Georgi Kulishev		1885–1974			Bulgarian Communist Party
+ Nikolay Georgiev (acting)		1906–1987	27 November 1958	30 November 1958	Bulgarian Communist Party
Dimitar Ganev		1898–1964	30 November 1958	20 April 1964	Bulgarian Communist Party
Georgi Kulishev		1885–1974			Bulgarian Communist Party
+ Nikolay Georgiev (acting)		1906–1987	20 April 1964	23 April 1964	Bulgarian Communist Party
Georgi Traykov		1898–1975	23 April 1964	7 July 1971	Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union
Chairmen of the Council of State 1971 - 1990
Todor Zhivkov		1911–1998	8 July 1971	17 November 1989	Bulgarian Communist Party
Petar Mladenov		1936–2000	17 November 1989	3 April 1990	Bulgarian Communist Party/Bulgarian Socialist Party

Republic of Bulgaria (1990-Present)

Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Presidents 1990 onwards
Petar Mladenov		1936–2000	3 April 1990	6 July 1990	Bulgarian Socialist Party
Stanko Todorov (acting)		1920–1996	6 July 1990	17 July 1990	Non-party
Nikolay Todorov (acting)		1921–2003	17 July 1990	1 August 1990	Non-party
Zhelyu Zhelev		1935–	1 August 1990	22 January 1997	Union of Democratic Forces
Petar Stoyanov		1952–	22 January 1997	22 January 2002	Union of Democratic Forces
Georgi Parvanov		1957–	22 January 2002	22 January 2012	Bulgarian Socialist Party
Rosen Plevneliev		1964–	22 January 2012	Incumbent	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria

General Secretaries of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1948-1990)

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Notes
1	Georgi Dimitrov		1882–1949	11 August 1948	2 July 1949	also Prime Minister (1946-1949)
2	Valko Chervenkov		1900–1980	2 July 1949	4 March 1954	also Prime Minister (1950-1956)
3	Todor Zhivkov		1911–1998	4 March 1954	10 November 1989	also Prime Minister (1962-1971) and Chairman of the Council of State (1971-1989)
4	Petar Mladenov		1936–2000	10 November 1989	2 February 1990	also Chairman of the Council of State (1989-1990)

Living former Presidents

Name	Term	Date of birth
Zhelyu Zhelev	1990–1997	3 March 1935
Petar Stoyanov	1997–2002	25 May 1952
Georgi Parvanov	2002–2012	28 June 1957

Latest election

Main article: Bulgarian presidential election, 2011

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Rosen Plevneliev	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	1,349,380	40.11	1,698,136	52.58
Ivaylo Kalfin	Bulgarian Socialist Party	974,300	28.96	1,531,193	47.42
Meglena Kuneva	Initiative committee	470,808	14.00
Volen Siderov	National Union Attack	122,466	3.64
Stefan Solakov	National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria	84,205	2.50
Rumen Hristov	Blue Coalition	65,761	1.95
Atanas Semov	Order, Law and Justice	61,797	1.84
Svetoslav Vitkov	Initiative committee	54,125	1.61
Sali Ibrayim	National Movement Unity	41,837	1.24
Krasimir Karakachanov	IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement	33,236	0.99
Aleksey Petrov	Initiative committee	31,613	0.94
Maria Kapon	United People's Party	30,665	0.91
Nikolay Nenchev	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union	9,827	0.29
Pavel Chernev	Party for the People of the Nation	8,081	0.24
Ventsislav Yosifov	Initiative committee	7,021	0.21
Dimitar Kutsarov	Initiative committee	6,989	0.21
Andrey Chorbanov	Bulgarian Democratic Unity	6,340	0.19
Nikolay Vasilev	Initiative committee	5,633	0.17
Total valid votes		3,364,084	100	3,229,329	100
Invalid/blank votes		229,844	6.40	104,837	3.14
Votes cast (turnout: resp. 52.11% and 48.06%)		3,593,751	100	3,334,169	100
Registered voters		6,896,216	-	6,937,748	-
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria
runoff   failed to reach the runoff

See also

• Government of Bulgaria
• History of Bulgaria
• Politics of Bulgaria
• List of Bulgarian monarchs
• Prime Minister of Bulgaria
  • List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria

External links

• President of the Republic of Bulgaria