Principality of Bulgaria

Principality of Bulgaria

The Principality of Bulgaria was a self-governing entity created as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire by the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. The preliminary treaty of San Stefano between the Russian Empire and the Porte , on March 3, had originally proposed a significantly larger Bulgarian territory: its...

 (1878-1908)

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers 1879 - 1908
1	Todor Burmov Todor Burmov Todor Stoyanov Burmov was a leading Bulgarian Conservative Party politician and the first Prime Minister of an independent Bulgaria....		1834–1906	17 July 1879	6 December 1879	Conservative Party
2	Archbishop Kliment Turnovski Kliment Turnovski Kliment Turnovski, , was a leading Bulgarian clergyman and politician...		1841–1906	6 December 1879	7 April 1880	Conservative Party
3	Dragan Tsankov Dragan Tsankov Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country....		1828–1911	7 April 1880	10 December 1880	Liberal Party
4	Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on four occasions....		1843–1903	10 December 1880	9 May 1881	Liberal Party
5	Johann Casimir Ehrnrooth John Casimir Ehrnrooth Johan Casimir Gustavovich Ehrnrooth was a Swedish-speaking Finnish soldier in the service of Imperial Russia, who also acted as Prime Minister of Bulgaria....		1833–1913	9 May 1881	13 July 1881	Military Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars . Until the time of military reform of Dmitry Milyutin in...
Vacant (13 July 1881-5 July 1882)
6	Leonid Sobolev Leonid Sobolev Leonid Nikolayevich Sobolev was an Imperial Russian Army general and politician.A veteran of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, General Sobolev was the main proponent of the strand of Russian foreign and military policy that saw for the Russians a duty to expel the Ottoman Empire from Europe and...		1844–1913	5 July 1882	19 September 1883	Military Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars . Until the time of military reform of Dmitry Milyutin in...
(3)	Dragan Tsankov Dragan Tsankov Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country.... , 2nd time		1828–1911	19 September 1883	11 July 1884	Liberal Party
(4)	Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on four occasions.... , 2nd time		1843–1903	11 July 1884	21 August 1886	Liberal Party
(2)	Archbishop Kliment Turnovski Kliment Turnovski Kliment Turnovski, , was a leading Bulgarian clergyman and politician... , 2nd time		1841–1906	21 August 1886	24 August 1886	Conservative Party
(4)	Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on four occasions.... , 3rd time		1843–1903	24 August 1886	28 August 1886	Liberal Party
7	Vasil Radoslavov Vasil Radoslavov Vasil Radoslavov was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who twice served as Prime Minister. He was Premier of the country throughout most of World War I....		1854–1929	28 August 1886	10 July 1887	Liberal Party
8	Konstantin Stoilov Konstantin Stoilov Konstantin Stoilov was a leading Bulgarian politician and twice Prime Minister. Simeon Radev described him as the most European-like of all Bulgarian politicians....		1853–1901	10 July 1887	1 September 1887	Conservative Party
9	Stefan Stambolov Stefan Stambolov Stefan Nikolov Stambolov was a Bulgarian politician, who served as Prime Minister and regent. He is considered one of the most important and popular "Founders of Modern Bulgaria", and is sometimes referred to as "the Bulgarian Bismarck".- Early years :Stambolov was born in Veliko Tarnovo...		1854–1895	1 September 1887	31 May 1894	People's Liberal Party
(8)	Konstantin Stoilov Konstantin Stoilov Konstantin Stoilov was a leading Bulgarian politician and twice Prime Minister. Simeon Radev described him as the most European-like of all Bulgarian politicians.... , 2nd time		1853–1901	31 May 1894	30 January 1899	People's Party
10	Dimitar Grekov Dimitar Grekov Dimitar Panayotov Grekov was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who also served as Prime Minister.A native of Bolgrad in Bessarabia , Grekov was educated at a French legal school....		1847–1901	30 January 1899	13 October 1899	People's Liberal Party
11	Todor Ivanchov Todor Ivanchov Todor Ivanchov was a supporter of Vasil Radoslavov who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 13 October 1899 to 25 January 1901.Born in Veliko Tarnovo, he was educated at Robert College and in Montpellier, specializing in economics...		1858–1906	13 October 1899	25 January 1901	Liberal Party (Radoslavist)
12	Racho Petrov Racho Petrov Racho Petrov Stoyanov was a leading Bulgarian general and politician.A talented soldier, Petrov was appointed to be Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27....		1861–1942	25 January 1901	5 March 1901	Non-party
(4)	Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on four occasions.... , 4th time		1843–1903	5 March 1901	4 January 1902	Democratic Party
13	Stoyan Danev Stoyan Danev Stoyan Petrov Danev was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician and twice Prime Minister.A legal graduate of both the University of Heidelberg and the University of Paris, Danev served in a number of Ministerial roles, including Foreign Minister, and became known as a strong supporter of Imperial...		1858–1949	4 January 1902	19 May 1903	Progressive Liberal Party
(11)	Racho Petrov Racho Petrov Racho Petrov Stoyanov was a leading Bulgarian general and politician.A talented soldier, Petrov was appointed to be Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27.... , 2nd time		1861–1942	19 May 1903	5 November 1906	Non-party
14	Dimitar Petkov Dimitar Petkov Dimitar Nikolov Petkov was a leading member of the Bulgarian People's Liberal Party and the country's Prime Minister from November 5, 1906 until he was assassinated in Sofia the following year....		1858–1907	5 November 1906	11 March 1907	People's Liberal Party
15	Dimitar Stanchov Dimitar Stanchov Dimitar Yanev Stanchov, sometimes transliterated as Stancioff, was a Bulgarian diplomat and politician who served as acting Prime Minister from 12–16 March 1907 following the assassination of Dimitar Petkov...  (acting)		1863–1940	12 March 1907	16 March 1907	Non-party
16	Petar Gudev Petar Gudev Petar Todorov Gudev was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician, who served as Prime Minister....		1863–1932	16 March 1907	29 January 1908	People's Liberal Party
17	Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov was a leading Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister on three occasions. He was born in Pandakli, Bessarabia in a family of Bessarabian Bulgarians....		1867–1938	29 January 1908	5 October 1908	Democratic Party

Kingdom of Bulgaria

Kingdom of Bulgaria

The Kingdom of Bulgaria was established as an independent state when the Principality of Bulgaria, an Ottoman vassal, officially proclaimed itself independent on October 5, 1908 . This move also formalised the annexation of the Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia, which had been under the control...

 (1908-1946)

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers 1908 - 1946
17	Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov was a leading Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister on three occasions. He was born in Pandakli, Bessarabia in a family of Bessarabian Bulgarians....		1867–1938	5 October 1908	29 March 1911	Democratic Party
18	Ivan Evstratiev Geshov Ivan Evstratiev Geshov Ivan Evstratiev Geshov was a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister.Born in Plovdiv to a family originally from Karlovo, Geshov was educated at various Greek and Protestant institutions, as well as Owens College in Manchester...		1849–1924	29 March 1911	14 June 1913	People's Party
(13)	Stoyan Danev Stoyan Danev Stoyan Petrov Danev was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician and twice Prime Minister.A legal graduate of both the University of Heidelberg and the University of Paris, Danev served in a number of Ministerial roles, including Foreign Minister, and became known as a strong supporter of Imperial... , 2nd time		1858–1949	14 June 1913	17 July 1913	Progressive Liberal Party
(7)	Vasil Radoslavov Vasil Radoslavov Vasil Radoslavov was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who twice served as Prime Minister. He was Premier of the country throughout most of World War I.... , 2nd time		1854–1929	17 July 1913	21 June 1918	Liberal Party (Radoslavist)
(17)	Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov was a leading Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister on three occasions. He was born in Pandakli, Bessarabia in a family of Bessarabian Bulgarians.... , 2nd time		1867–1938	21 June 1918	28 November 1918	Democratic Party
19	Teodor Teodorov Teodor Teodorov Teodor Teodorov was a leading Bulgarian politician and legal expert who served as Prime Minister immediately after the First World War.Teodorov first came to prominence through his support for reform of the Bulgarian legal system and took part in a Commission set up in 1911 that eventually...		1859–1924	28 November 1918	6 October 1919	People's Party
20	Aleksandar Stamboliyski Aleksandar Stamboliyski Aleksandar Stamboliyski was the prime minister of Bulgaria from 1919 until 1923. Stamboliyski was a member of the Agrarian Union, an agrarian peasant movement which was not allied to the monarchy, and edited their newspaper...		1879–1923	6 October 1919	9 June 1923 (deposed Bulgarian coup d'état of 1923 The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1923, also known as the 9 June coup d'état , was a coup d'état in Bulgaria implemented by armed forces under General Ivan Valkov's Military Union on the eve of 9 June 1923... )	Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Bulgarian Agrarian National Union also tiranslated to English as Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union is a political party devoted to representing the causes of the Bulgarian peasantry. It was most powerful between 1900 and 1923. In practice, it was an agrarian movement...
21	Aleksandar Tsankov Aleksandar Tsankov Aleksander Tsolov Tsankov was a leading Bulgarian right wing politician between the two World Wars.-Biography:...		1879–1959	9 June 1923	4 January 1926	Democratic Alliance Democratic Alliance (Bulgaria) The Democratic Alliance was a Bulgarian party that existed between 1923 and 1934 when all parties were banned. During most of that period it was the ruling party in the country making it the third longest-ruling party in the country after the Bulgarian Communist Party and the People's Liberal...
22	Andrey Lyapchev		1866–1933	4 January 1926	29 June 1931	Democratic Alliance Democratic Alliance (Bulgaria) The Democratic Alliance was a Bulgarian party that existed between 1923 and 1934 when all parties were banned. During most of that period it was the ruling party in the country making it the third longest-ruling party in the country after the Bulgarian Communist Party and the People's Liberal...
(17)	Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov was a leading Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister on three occasions. He was born in Pandakli, Bessarabia in a family of Bessarabian Bulgarians.... , 3rd time		1867–1938	29 June 1931	12 October 1931	Democratic Party
23	Nikola Mushanov Nikola Mushanov Nikola Stoykov Mushanov was a Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party....		1872–1951	12 October 1931	19 May 1934 (deposed Bulgarian coup d'état of 1934 The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1934, also known as the 19 May coup d'état , was a coup d'état in the Kingdom of Bulgaria carried out by the Zveno military organization and the Military Union with the aid of the Bulgarian Army... )	Democratic Party
24	Kimon Georgiev Kimon Georgiev Colonel General Kimon Georgiev Stoyanov was a Bulgarian general and prime minister.Born at Pazardzhik, Kimon Georgiev graduated from the Sofia military academy in 1902. He participated in the Balkan Wars as a company commander and in the First World War as a commander of a battalion. In 1916 he...		1882–1969	19 May 1934	22 January 1935	Zveno Zveno Zveno was a Bulgarian military and political organization, founded in 1927 by army officers. It was associated with a newspaper of that name....
25	Pencho Zlatev		1881–1948	22 January 1935	21 April 1935	Military Military of Bulgaria The Military of Bulgaria, officially the Bulgarian Army represents the Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria. The Commander-in-Chief is the President of Bulgaria . The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership while military command remains in the hands of the General Staff,...
26	Andrey Toshev Andrey Toshev Andrey Slavov Toshev was Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 1935. He was also a Bulgarian scientist and a diplomat....		1867–1944	21 April 1935	23 November 1935	Non-party
27	Georgi Kyoseivanov Georgi Kyoseivanov Georgi Ivanov Kyoseivanov was a Bulgarian politician who went on to serve as Prime Minister.Kyoseivanov came to power on 23 November 1935 after a period in which the country had had three Prime Ministers in quick succession...		1884–1960	23 November 1935	16 February 1940	Non-party
28	Bogdan Filov Bogdan Filov Bogdan Dimitrov Filov was a Bulgarian archaeologist, art historian and politician. He was Prime Minister of Bulgaria during World War II. During his service, Bulgaria became the seventh nation to join the Axis Powers....		1883–1945	16 February 1940	9 September 1943	Non-party
-	Petur Gabrovski Petur Gabrovski Petur Dimitrov Gabrovski was a Bulgarian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister during the Second World War.Gabrovski began his political career as a National Socialist, forming his own movement the Ratniks of the Advancement of the Bulgarian National Spirit -Ratnik or the Ratnitsi, as...  (acting)		1898–1947	9 September 1943	14 September 1943	Non-party
29	Dobri Bozhilov Dobri Bozhilov Dobri Bozhilov was Prime Minister of Bulgaria during World War II.Born in Kotel, Bulgaria, Bozhilov attended the Higher Commercial School in Svishtov before starting work as a bookkeeper at the Bulgarian National Bank for the Kyustendil Banking Agency in 1902...		1884–1945	14 September 1943	1 June 1944	Non-party
30	Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov		1891–1945	1 June 1944	2 September 1944	Non-party
31	Konstantin Muraviev Konstantin Muraviev Konstantin Vladov Muraviev was a leading member of the Agrarian People's Union who briefly served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria near the end of Bulgarian involvement in the Second World War...		1893–1965	2 September 1944	9 September 1944 (deposed Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944, also known as the 9 September coup d'état and called in pre-1989 Bulgaria the National Uprising of 9 September or the Socialist Revolution of 9 September was a change in the Kingdom of Bulgaria's administration and government carried out on the eve of 9 September... )	Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Bulgarian Agrarian National Union also tiranslated to English as Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union is a political party devoted to representing the causes of the Bulgarian peasantry. It was most powerful between 1900 and 1923. In practice, it was an agrarian movement...
(24)	Kimon Georgiev Kimon Georgiev Colonel General Kimon Georgiev Stoyanov was a Bulgarian general and prime minister.Born at Pazardzhik, Kimon Georgiev graduated from the Sofia military academy in 1902. He participated in the Balkan Wars as a company commander and in the First World War as a commander of a battalion. In 1916 he... , 2nd time		1882–1969	9 September 1944	23 November 1946	Zveno Zveno Zveno was a Bulgarian military and political organization, founded in 1927 by army officers. It was associated with a newspaper of that name....

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers 1946 - 1990
32	Georgi Dimitrov Georgi Dimitrov Georgi Dimitrov Mikhaylov , also known as Georgi Mikhaylovich Dimitrov , was a Bulgarian Communist politician...		1882–1949	23 November 1946	2 July 1949	Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
33	Vasil Kolarov Vasil Kolarov Vasil Petrov Kolarov was a Bulgarian communist political leader and leading functionary in the Communist International.-Early years:Kolarov was born in Shumen, Bulgaria on 16 July 1877, the son of a shoemaker...		1877–1950	2 July 1949	23 January 1950	Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
34	Valko Chervenkov		1900–1980	3 February 1950	17 April 1956	Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
35	Anton Yugov Anton Yugov Anton Tanev Yugov was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party served as Prime Minister of the country from 1956 to 1962. Anton Tanev Yugov is Honorary Citizen of Tirana, Albania....		1904–1991	17 April 1956	19 November 1962	Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
36	Todor Zhivkov Todor Zhivkov Todor Khristov Zhivkov was a communist politician and leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from March 4, 1954 until November 10, 1989....		1911–1998	19 November 1962	7 July 1971	Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
37	Stanko Todorov Stanko Todorov Stanko Todorov Georgiev was a Bulgarian communist politician.Todorov was born in Pernik Province. Before and during World War II he was a worker. He became interested in communism, and joined the underground Bulgarian Communist Party in 1943...		1920–1996	7 July 1971	16 June 1981	Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
38	Grisha Filipov		1919–1994	16 June 1981	21 March 1986	Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
39	Georgi Atanasov Georgi Atanasov Georgi Ivanov Atanasov was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party who served as Prime Minister from 1986-1990. Atanasov supported the move to oust Todor Zhivkov as Chairman of the State Council, joining Petar Mladenov in leading the opposition...		1933–	21 March 1986	3 February 1990	Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
40	Andrey Lukanov Andrey Lukanov Andrey Karlov Lukanov was a Bulgarian political figure.-Biography:Lukanov was born in Moscow, USSR, in the family of Karlo Lukanov, , a Bulgarian communist emigre....		1938–1996	3 February 1990	7 December 1990	Bulgarian Socialist Party Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party is social-democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International, and is currently led by Sergei Stanishev....

Republic of Bulgaria (1990-Present)

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1990 - 1991
41	Dimitar Iliev Popov Dimitar Iliev Popov Dimitar Iliev Popov 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....		1927–	7 December 1990	8 November 1991	Non-party
Prime Ministers 1991 onwards
42	Philip Dimitrov		1955–	8 November 1991	30 December 1992	Union of Democratic Forces Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name...
43	Lyuben Berov Lyuben Berov Lyuben Berov was a Bulgarian economist. He served as prime minister of Bulgaria from 1992 to 1994....		1925–2006	30 December 1992	17 October 1994	Non-party
44	Reneta Indzhova Reneta Indzhova Reneta Ivanova Indzhova is Bulgarian politician and manager. Between October 1994 and January 1995 she served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, the first woman in Bulgaria and still the only one to date to hold this office.- Biography :...  (acting)		1953–	17 October 1994	25 January 1995	Non-party
45	Zhan Videnov Zhan Videnov Zhan Vasilev Videnov was prime minister of Bulgaria from 25 January 1995 until 13 February 1997, a term remembered for the most severe economic and financial crisis in recent Bulgarian history. He was chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party from 1991 to 1996.-Education:Zhan Videnov graduated...		1959–	25 January 1995	13 February 1997	Bulgarian Socialist Party Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party is social-democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International, and is currently led by Sergei Stanishev....
46	Stefan Sofiyanski Stefan Sofiyanski Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski has been a leading member of the Union of Democratic Forces in Bulgaria. He served as interim Prime Minister in 1997 and was a three term Mayor of Sofia....  (acting)		1951–	13 February 1997	21 May 1997	Union of Democratic Forces Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name...
47	Ivan Kostov Ivan Kostov Ivan Yordanov Kostov was Prime Minister of Bulgaria from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces between December 1994 and July 2001....		1949–	21 May 1997	24 July 2001	United Democratic Forces United Democratic Forces The United Democratic Forces were a center-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria, led by the Union of Democratic Forces.-Members of the coalition:1997 *Union of Democratic Forces...
48	Simeon Sakskoburggotski Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Simeon Borisov of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Tsar Simeon II or Simeon II of Bulgaria is an important political and royal figure in Bulgaria...		1937–	24 July 2001	17 August 2005	National Movement Simeon II
49	Sergei Stanishev		1966–	17 August 2005	27 July 2009	Bulgarian Socialist Party Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party is social-democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International, and is currently led by Sergei Stanishev....
50	Boyko Borisov Boyko Borisov Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who has been Prime Minister of Bulgaria since July 2009. Previously he was Mayor of Sofia from 8 November 2005 until his election as Prime Minister....		1959–	27 July 2009	Incumbent	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria , abbreviated GERB , is a Bulgarian centre-right political party established on March 13 2006. It has been Bulgaria's ruling party since 2009....

See also

• Government of Bulgaria
• History of Bulgaria
  History of Bulgaria
  The history of Bulgaria spans from the first settlements on the lands of modern Bulgaria to its formation as a nation-state and includes the history of the Bulgarian people and their origin. The first traces of human presence on what is today Bulgaria date from 44,000 BC...
  
  
• Politics of Bulgaria
  Politics of Bulgaria
  Politics of Bulgaria take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the...
  
  
• List of Bulgarian monarchs
• List of Presidents of Bulgaria