List of heads of state of Bulgaria

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President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Президент на Република България

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 € 4,078.91/$ 5,442.18 per month (2013)
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
(Born-Died)
Portrait Took Office Left Office Political Party
Chairman of the Provisional Presidency
(1946–1947)
1 Vasil Kolarov
(1877–1950)
15 September 1946 9 December 1947 Bulgarian Communist Party
Chairmen of the Presidium of the National Assembly
(1947–1971)
1 Mincho Neychev
(1897–1956)
9 December 1947 27 May 1950 Bulgarian Communist Party
2 Georgi Damyanov
(1892–1958)
27 May 1950 27 November 1958 Bulgarian Communist Party
Georgi Kulishev
(1885–1974)
Bulgarian Communist Party
+ Nikolay Georgiev
(1906–1987)
(acting)
27 November 1958 30 November 1958 Bulgarian Communist Party
3 Dimitar Ganev
(1898–1964)
30 November 1958 20 April 1964 Bulgarian Communist Party
Georgi Kulishev
(1885–1974)
Bulgarian Communist Party
+ Nikolay Georgiev
(1906–1987)
(acting)
20 April 1964 23 April 1964 Bulgarian Communist Party
4 Georgi Traykov
(1898–1975)
23 April 1964 7 July 1971 Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union
Chairmen of the State Council
(1971–1990)
1 Todor Zhivkov
(1911–1998)
8 July 1971 17 November 1989 Bulgarian Communist Party
2 Petar Mladenov
(1936–2000)
17 November 1989 3 April 1990 Bulgarian Communist Party

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)

Republic of Bulgaria (1990 – present)

# Name
(Born-Died)
Portrait Elected Took Office Left Office Political Party
Presidents
(1990–present)
1 Petar Mladenov
(1936–2000)
3 April 1990 6 July 1990 Bulgarian Socialist Party
Stanko Todorov
(1920–1996)
(acting)
6 July 1990 17 July 1990 Non-party
Nikolai Todorov
(1921–2003)
(acting)
17 July 1990 1 August 1990 Non-party
2 Zhelyu Zhelev
(1935– )
1992 1 August 1990 22 January 1997 Union of Democratic Forces
3 Petar Stoyanov
(1952– )
1996 22 January 1997 22 January 2002 Union of Democratic Forces
4 Georgi Parvanov
(1957– )
2001
2006
22 January 2002 22 January 2012 Bulgarian Socialist Party
5 Rosen Plevneliev
(1964– )
2011 22 January 2012 Incumbent Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria

Living former Presidents

NameTermDate 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

 Summary of the 2011 Bulgarian presidential election results:
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Rosen PlevnelievCitizens for European Development of Bulgaria1,349,38040.111,698,13652.58
Ivaylo KalfinBulgarian Socialist Party974,30028.961,531,19347.42
Meglena KunevaInitiative committee470,80814.00
Volen SiderovAttack122,4663.64
Stefan SolakovNational Front for Salvation of Bulgaria84,2052.50
Rumen HristovUnion of Democratic Forces65,7611.95
Atanas SemovOrder, Law and Justice61,7971.84
Svetoslav VitkovInitiative committee54,1251.61
Sali IbrayimNational Movement Unity41,8371.24
Krasimir KarakachanovIMRO – Bulgarian National Movement33,2360.99
Aleksey PetrovInitiative committee31,6130.94
Maria KaponUnited People's Party30,6650.91
Nikolay NenchevBulgarian Agrarian National Union9,8270.29
Pavel ChernevParty for the People of the Nation8,0810.24
Ventsislav YosifovInitiative committee7,0210.21
Dimitar KutsarovInitiative committee6,9890.21
Andrey ChorbanovBulgarian Democratic Unity6,3400.19
Nikolay VasilevInitiative committee5,6330.17
Total valid votes3,364,0841003,229,329100
Invalid/blank votes229,8446.40104,8373.14
Votes cast3,593,9281003,334,166100
Registered voters/turnout6,873,58952.296,910,49148.25
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria

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