Prime Minister of Bulgaria

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Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria
Министър-председател на Република България
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Marin Raykov Bulgarian Acting PM 2013.jpg
Incumbent
Marin Raykov

since 13 March 2013
Acting
Appointer President of Bulgaria
Term length No term limit
Inaugural holder Todor Burmov
Formation 17 July 1879
Website www.government.bg
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Politics and government of
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The Prime Minister of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Министър-председател, Ministar-predsedatel) is the head of government of Bulgaria. He or she is the leader of a political coalition in the Bulgarian parliament – known as the National Assembly of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Народно събрание, Narodno sabranie) – and the leader of the cabinet. The current Acting Prime Minister is Marin Raykov, who has served since 13 March 2013.

List of officeholders [edit]

Living former Prime Ministers [edit]

Name Term Date of birth
Georgi Atanasov 1986–1990 25 July 1933
Dimitar Iliev Popov 1990–1991 26 June 1927
Philip Dimitrov 1991–1992 31 March 1955
Zhan Videnov 1995–1997 22 March 1959
Ivan Kostov 1997–2001 23 December 1949
Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 2001–2005 16 June 1937
Sergei Stanishev 2005–2009 5 May 1966
Boyko Borisov 2009–2013 13 June 1959

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