predecessor successor birth_place president party birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
andrey lukanov philip dimitrov kula , bulgaria zhelyu zhelev independent 26 june 1927 41st prime minister of bulgaria 7 december 1990 dimitar iliev popov
 8 november 1991 dimitar iliev popov Димитър Илиев Попов
dimitar iliev popov

dimitar iliev popov -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 26 june 1927 in kula -rrb- was a leading bulgarian judge and the first prime minister of the country not to be a member of the bulgarian communist party since 1946 .
popov , who did not have any party affiliation and was chosen for his perceived impartiality as a member of the judiciary , was selected to head the new government after the resignation of andrey lukanov in december 1990 in the face of mass demonstrations and a general strike .
as prime minister popov oversaw the drafting of the new constitution as well as the second open elections .
although overseeing the beginnings of the policy of privatization , popov 's government was more of a caretaker administration .
