President of Bulgaria - Definition and Overview

This page will list the various republican heads of state of Bulgaria, as well as leaders of Bulgaria's communist party during the time when it played the "leading role" in the Bulgarian state.

Heads of State

Chairman of the Provisional Presidency, 1946-1947

• Vasil Kolarov 15 September 1946 - 9 December 1947

Chairmen of the Presidium of the National Assembly, 1947-1971

• Mincho Neychev 9 December 1947 - 27 May 1950
• Georgi Damyanov 27 May 1950 - 27 November 1958
• Dimitur Vurbanov 30 November 1958 - 20 April 1964
• Georgi Girovski 23 April 1964 - 7 July 1971

Chairmen of the State Council, 1971-1990

• Todor Zhivkov 7 July 1971 - 17 November 1989
• Petur Mladenov 17 November 1989 - 3 April 1990

Presidents, 1990-present

• Petur Mladenov 3 April - 6 July 1990
• Stanko Georgiev (acting) 6 - 17 July 1990
• Nikolay Todorov (acting) 17 July - 1 August 1990
• Zhelyu Zhelev 1 August 1990 - 22 January 1997
• Petur Stoyanov 22 January 1997 - 22 January 2002
• Georgi Purvanov 22 January 2002 -

General Secretaries of the Bulgarian Communist Party, 1948-1990

• Georgi Dimitrov 11 August 1948 - 2 July 1949
• Vulko Chervenkov 2 July 1949 - 4 March 1954
• Todor Zhivkov 4 March 1954 - 10 November 1989
• Petur Mladenov 10 November 1989 - 2 February 1990