President of Bulgaria

President of Bulgaria Президент на България
Flag of Bulgaria
Incumbent Iliana Iotova since 23 January 2026
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Largo, Sofia
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Petar Mladenov as Chairman (President) of the Republic Zhelyu Zhelev
Formation	3 April 1990
Deputy	Vice President of Bulgaria
Salary	€35,412(~US$42,000) annual
Website	www.president.bg

The President of the Republic of Bulgaria is the head of state of Bulgaria and the commander-in-chief of the Military of Bulgaria. The official residence of the President is at Boyana Residence, Sofia.

Bulgarian presidential line of succession

• 1. Vice President of Bulgaria
• 2. Chairman of the National Assembly

List of presidents

List of presidents of Bulgaria from 1990 – till date.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term	Party		Endorsing parties	Election	Vice President
1		Zhelyu Zhelev (1935–2015)	August 1, 1990 – January 22, 1997		SDS	SDS DPS	1990	Atanas Semerdzhiev
							1992	Blaga Dimitrova
								Vacant: July 6, 1993 – January 22, 1997
2		Petar Stoyanov (1952–)	January 22, 1997 – January 22, 2002		SDS	SDS BZNS DP DPS (as ODS)	1996	Todor Kavaldzhiev
3		Georgi Parvanov (1957–)	January 22, 2002 – January 22, 2012		BSP	BSP	2001	Angel Marin
						BSP DPS NDSV (as the three-party coalition)	2006
4		Rosen Plevneliev (1964–)	January 22, 2012 – January 22, 2017		GERB	GERB	2011	Margarita Popova
5		Rumen Radev (1963–)	January 22, 2017 – January 23, 2026		Independent	BSP	2016	Iliana Iotova
						BSP ITN IBG-NI PP	2021
6		Iliana Iotova (1964–)	January 23, 2026 – Present		BSP			Vacant

Living former presidents

There are four living former Bulgarian Presidents:

• 
  Petar Stoyanov (age 73)
  since 2002
• 
  Georgi Parvanov (age 68)
  since 2012
• 
  Rosen Plevneliev (age 61)
  since 2017
• 
  Rumen Radev (age 62)
  since 2026

Timeline