List of heads of government of Bulgaria

List of officeholders

Principality of Bulgaria (1878–1908)
 # Portrait Name Term of office Political party 1 60px Todor Burmov1834–1906 17 July 1879 6 December 1879 Conservative Party 2 60px Kliment Branitski1841–1901 6 December 1879 7 April 1880 3 Dragan Tsankov1828–1911 7 April 1880 10 December 1880 Liberal Party 4 60px Petko Karavelov1843–1903 10 December 1880 9 May 1881 5 60px Johan Ehrnrooth1833–1913 9 May 1881 13 July 1881 Imperial Russian Army — 60px Alexander I1857–1893 13 July 1881 5 July 1882 — 6 60px Leonid Sobolev1844–1913 5 July 1882 19 September 1883 Imperial Russian Army  Dragan Tsankov1828–1911 19 September 1883 11 July 1884 Liberal Party  60px Petko Karavelov1843–1903 11 July 1884 21 August 1886  60px Kliment of TarnovoKliment of Tarnovo1841–1901 21 August 1886 24 August 1886 Conservative Party  60px Petko Karavelov1843–1903 24 August 1886 28 August 1886 Liberal Party 7  60px Vasil Radoslavov1854–1929  28 August 1886  10 July 1887 8 60px Konstantin Stoilov1853–1901 10 July 1887 1 September 1887 Conservative Party 9 60px Stefan Stambolov1854–1895 1 September 1887 31 May 1894 People's Liberal Party  60px Konstantin Stoilov1853–1901 31 May 1894 30 January 1899 People's Party 10 60px Dimitar Grekov1847–1901 30 January 1899 13 October 1899 People's Liberal Party 11 60px Todor Ivanchov1858–1905 13 October 1899 25 January 1901 Liberal Party (Radoslavists) 12 60px Racho Petrov1861–1942 25 January 1901 5 March 1901 Independent  60px Petko Karavelov1843–1903 5 March 1901 4 January 1902 Democratic Party 13 60px Stoyan Danev1858–1949 4 January 1902 19 May 1903 Progressive Liberal Party  60px Racho Petrov1861–1942 19 May 1903 5 November 1906 Independent 14 60px Dimitar Petkov1858–1907 5 November 1906 11 March 1907† People's Liberal Party 15 60px Dimitar Stanchov1863–1940 12 March 1907 16 March 1907 Independent 16 60px Petar Gudev1863–1932 16 March 1907 29 January 1908 People's Liberal Party 17 60px Aleksandar Malinov1867–1938 29 January 1908 5 October 1908 Democratic Party

Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)
Governments









  Portrait Name Term of office Party Took office Left office 17 60px Aleksandar Malinov 5 October 1908 29 March 1911 Democratic Party 18 60px Ivan Evstratiev Geshov 29 March 1911 14 June 1913 People's Party (13) 60px Stoyan Danev 14 June 1913 17 July 1913 Progressive Liberal Party (7) 60px Vasil Radoslavov 17 July 1913 21 June 1918 Liberal Party (Radoslavists)  (17) 60px  Aleksandar Malinov  21 June 1918 28 November 1918 Democratic Party 19 60px Teodor Teodorov 28 November 1918 6 October 1919 People's Party 20 60px Aleksandar Stamboliyski 6 October 1919 9 June 1923 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 21 60px Aleksandar Tsankov 9 June 1923 4 January 1926 Democratic Alliance 22 60px Andrey Lyapchev 4 January 1926 29 June 1931 (17) 60px Aleksandar Malinov 29 June 1931 12 October 1931 Democratic Party 23 60px Nikola Mushanov 12 October 1931 19 May 1934 24 60px Kimon Georgiev 19 May 1934 22 January 1935 Independent 25 60px Pencho Zlatev 22 January 1935 21 April 1935 Bulgarian Army 26 60px Andrey Toshev 21 April 1935 23 November 1935 Independent 27 60px Georgi Kyoseivanov 23 November 1935 16 February 1940  28  60px  Bogdan Filov  16 February 1940  9 September 1943 — 60px Petar Gabrovski 9 September 1943 14 September 1943 29 60px Dobri Bozhilov 14 September 1943 1 June 1944 30 60px Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov 1 June 1944 2 September 1944 31Ilcho 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)."  60px Konstantin Muraviev 2 September 1944 9 September 1944 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (24) 60px Kimon Georgiev 9 September 1944 15 September 1946 Zveno

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)
Governments


 # Portrait Name Term of office Party (24) 60px Kimon Georgiev 15 September 1946 23 November 1946 Zveno 32 60px Georgi Dimitrov 23 November 1946 2 July 1949† Bulgarian Communist Party 33 60px Vasil Kolarov 2 July 1949 23 January 1950†  34  60px  Valko Chervenkov  23 January 1950  17 April 1956  35  60px  Anton Yugov  17 April 1956  19 November 1962 36  60px Todor Zhivkov  19 November 1962  7 July 1971 37 60px Stanko Todorov 7 July 1971 16 June 1981 38 60px Grisha Filipov 16 June 1981 21 March 1986  39  60px  Georgi Atanasov 21 March 1986  3 February 1990  40  60px  Andrey Lukanov  3 February 1990  15 November 1990

Republic of Bulgaria (1990–present)
Governments






 # Portrait Name Term of office Party (40) 60px Andrey Lukanov 15 November 1990 7 December 1990 Bulgarian Socialist Party 41 60px Dimitar Popov 7 December 1990 8 November 1991 Independent 42 60px Philip Dimitrov 8 November 1991 30 December 1992 Union of Democratic Forces 43 60px Lyuben Berov 30 December 1992 17 October 1994 IndependentMovement for Rights and Freedoms 44 60px Reneta Indzhova 17 October 1994 25 January 1995 Independent  45  60px  Zhan Videnov  25 January 1995  13 February 1997  Bulgarian Socialist Party 46 60px Stefan Sofiyanski 13 February 1997 21 May 1997 Union of Democratic Forces 47 60px Ivan Kostov 21 May 1997 24 July 2001 48  60px  Simeon Sakskoburggotski 24 July 2001  17 August 2005  National Movement Simeon II 49 60px Sergey Stanishev 17 August 2005 27 July 2009 Bulgarian Socialist Party  50 60px  Boyko Borisov  27 July 2009  13 March 2013 GERB 51 60px Marin Raykov 13 March 2013 29 May 2013 Independent 52 60px Plamen Oresharski 29 May 2013 6 August 2014 IndependentBulgarian Socialist Party 53 60px Georgi Bliznashki 6 August 2014 7 November 2014 Independent (50)  60px  Boyko Borisov  7 November 2014  27 January 2017  GERB 54 60px Ognyan Gerdzhikov 27 January 2017 4 May 2017 Independent (50) 60px Boyko Borisov 4 May 2017 12 May 2021 GERB 55 60px Stefan Yanev 12 May 2021 16 September 2021 Independent 16 September 2021 13 December 2021 56 60px Kiril Petkov 13 December 2021 1 August 2022 We Continue the Change 57 60px Galab Donev 2 August 2022 2 February 2023 Independent 2 February 2023 6 June 2023 58 60px Nikolay Denkov 6 June 2023 9 April 2024 We Continue the Change 59 60px Dimitar Glavchev 9 April 2024 27 August 2024 Independent 27 August 2024 16 January 2025 60 center|frameless|80x80px Rosen Zhelyazkov 16 January 2025 19 February 2026 GERB61center|frameless|80x80pxAndrey GyurovCaretaker19 February 2026incumbentIndependent

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