Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Министър-председател на България
Incumbent
Rumen Radev

since 8 May 2026
Member ofEuropean Council
AppointerNational Assembly
Term lengthFour years
First holderTodor Burmov
Salary~ 7 000 leva per month[1]
Websitewww.government.bg

The Prime Minister of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Министър-председател, Ministar-predsedatel) is the head of government of Bulgaria. He or she is the leader of a political coalition in the Bulgarian parliament. They are also known as the National Assembly of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Народно събрание, Narodno sabranie) – and the leader of the cabinet.

Living former prime ministers

NoPortraitNameTenure
1Georgi Atanasov1986–1990
2Philip Dimitrov1991–1992
3Reneta Indzhova1994–1995
4Zhan Videnov1995–1997
5Stefan Sofiyanski1997
6Ivan Kostov1997–2001
7Simeon Sakskoburggotski2001–2005
8Sergey Stanishev2005–2009
9Boyko Borisov2009–2013
10Marin Raykov2013
11Plamen Oresharski2013–2014
12Georgi Bliznashki2014
13Boyko Borisov2014–2017
14 Ognyan Gerdzhikov 2017
15 Boyko Borisov 2017–2021
16Stefan Yanev2021
18Kiril Petkov2021–2022
19
Galab Donev2022–2023
20Nikolai Denkov2023–2024
21Dimitar Glavchev2024–2025
22Rosen Zhelyazkov2025–2026
23Andrey Gyurov2026

The most recent death of a former Prime Minister of Bulgaria is that of Dimitar Iliev Popov (1990–1991) on 5 December 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "Bulgaria hikes pay for MPs, Prime Minister and President". 14 February 2018.