# List of ambassadors of Bulgaria to the United States

The Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the Government of Bulgaria to the Government of the United States in Washington, D.C. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1903.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic Agreement | Diplomatic Accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | Prime Minister of Bulgaria | List of presidents of the United States |
| December 22, 1914 | | | Legation opened | Vasil Radoslavov | Woodrow Wilson |
| December 22, 1914 | | Stefan Panaretov | | Vasil Radoslavov | Woodrow Wilson |
| December 16, 1920 | | Paul Lessinoff | Chargé d'affaires | Aleksandar Stamboliyski | Woodrow Wilson |
| August 24, 1921 | | Stefan Panaretov | | Aleksandar Stamboliyski | Warren G. Harding |
| August 5, 1922 | | Paul Lessinoff | Chargé d'affaires | Aleksandar Stamboliyski | Warren G. Harding |
| June 1, 1925 | | Stephen P. Bisseroff | Chargé d'affaires | Aleksandar Stamboliyski | Calvin Coolidge |
| December 17, 1925 | | Simeon Radev | | Aleksandar Stamboliyski | Calvin Coolidge |
| October 20, 1933 | | Stoyan Petroff Tchomakoff | Chargé d'affaires | Nikola Mushanov | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| May 1, 1936 | | Dimitri Naoumoff | | Andrey Toshev | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| December 13, 1941 | | | Announcement of State of War | Georgi Kyoseivanov | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| November 21, 1947 | | | Legation re-opened as People's Republic of Bulgaria | Georgi Dimitrov | Harry S. Truman |
| November 21, 1947 | | Boyan Athanassov | Chargé d'affaires | Georgi Dimitrov | Harry S. Truman |
| December 16, 1947 | December 29, 1947 | Nissim Judasy Mevorah | | Georgi Dimitrov | Harry S. Truman |
| December 24, 1948 | | Peter Voutov | Chargé d'affaires. On December 12, 1949, Voutov was informed that the United States took a serious view of the persecution of Bulgarian employees of the Legation. | Georgi Dimitrov | Harry S. Truman |
| February 20, 1950 | | | Severed relations | Valko Chervenkov | Harry S. Truman |
| December 2, 1959 | January 15, 1960 | Peter G. Voutov | | Anton Yugov | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| May 13, 1963 | June 1, 1963 | Lubomir Dimitrov Popov | | Todor Zhivkov | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| August 30, 1965 | September 1, 1965 | Luben Guerassimov | | Todor Zhivkov | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| November 28, 1966 | | | Legation raised to embassy | Todor Zhivkov | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| December 12, 1966 | December 14, 1966 | Luben Guerassimov | | Todor Zhivkov | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| October 17, 1972 | December 19, 1972 | Khristo Delchev Zdravchev | | Stanko Todorov | Richard Nixon |
| October 14, 1973 | | Vladimir Velchev | Chargé d'affaires | Stanko Todorov | Richard Nixon |
| May 10, 1974 | June 5, 1974 | Lubomir Dimitrov Popov | | Stanko Todorov | Gerald Ford |
| September 14, 1977 | | Krassin Himmirsky | Chargé d'affaires | Stanko Todorov | Jimmy Carter |
| February 8, 1978 | February 15, 1978 | Konstantin Nicolov Grigorov | | Stanko Todorov | Jimmy Carter |
| September 17, 1980 | November 24, 1980 | Stoyan Iliev Zhulev | Head of Chemical Fibers and served on Committee of Light Industry (1965-1968) | Stanko Todorov | Jimmy Carter |
| September 23, 1988 | November 9, 1988 | Velichko Filipov Velichkov | | Georgi Atanasov | Ronald Reagan |
| December 18, 1990 | February 19, 1991 | Ognian Pishev | | Andrey Lukanov | George H. W. Bush |
| April 1994 | August 11, 1994 | Snezhana Botusharova | J.D./Ph.D., Deputy Chairperson and Acting Chairperson of the National Parliament | Reneta Indzhova | Bill Clinton |
| September 4, 1998 | September 10, 1998 | Philip Dimitrov | | Ivan Kostov | Bill Clinton |
| February 13, 2002 | February 14, 2002 | Elena Poptodorova | | Simeon Sakskoburggotski | George W. Bush |
| November 5, 2008 | December 3, 2008 | Latchezar Petkov | | Sergei Stanishev | George W. Bush |
| August 4, 2010 | August 10, 2010 | Elena Poptodorova | | Boyko Borisov | Barack Obama |
| | June 27, 2016 | Tihomir Stoytchev | | Ognyan Gerdzhikov | Barack Obama |
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