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Prime Minister of Bulgaria

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Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Министър-председател на България
Incumbent
Rosen Zhelyazkov

since 16 January 2025
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

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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
19Galab Donev2022-2023
20Nikolai Denkov2023-2024
21Dimitar Glavchev2024-2025
Mariya Gabriel 2024—2024
Goritsa Grancharova 2024 —2024

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

References

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