Bulgaria

681–

52 recorded officeholder spells across 7 offices, led today by Rumen Radev (PM, since 2026-05-08).

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Khan

Name	From	To
Presian I	0836	0852
Malamir	0831	0836
Omurtag	0814	0831
Krum	0803	0814
Kardam	0777	0803
Telerig	0768	0777
Pagan	0767	0768
Umor	0766	0766
Toktu	0766	0767
Sabin	0763	0766
Telets	0760	0763
Vinekh	0754	0760
Sevar	0738	0754
Kormisosh	0721	0738
Tervel	0700	0721
Asparuh	0681	0700

Knyaz

Name	From	To
Simeon I the Great	0893	0913
Vladimir	0889	0893
Boris I	0852	0889

Emperor

Name	From	To
Ivan Shishman	1371	1395
Ivan Alexander	1331	1371
Ivan Asen II	1218	1241
Boril	1207	1218
Kaloyan	1196	1207
Ivan Asen I	1188	1196
Peter II	1185	1197
Ivan Vladislav	1015	1018
Gavril Radomir	1014	1015
Samuel	0997	1014
Roman	0977	0997
Boris II	0969	0977
Peter I	0927	0969
Simeon I the Great	0913	0927

Monarch

Name	From	To
Simeon II	1943	1946
Boris III	1918	1943
Ferdinand I	1887	1918
Alexander I	1879	1886

Prime Minister

Name	From	To
Rumen Radev	2026	present
Rosen Zhelyazkov	2025	2026
Dimitar Glavchev	2024	2025
Nikolai Denkov	2023	2024
Galab Donev	2022	2023
Kiril Petkov	2021	2022
Georgi Dimitrov	1946	1949

First Secretary

Name	From	To
Todor Zhivkov	1954	1989
Vulko Chervenkov	1950	1954

President

Name	From	To
Iliana Iotova	2026	present
Rumen Radev	2017	2026
Rosen Plevneliev	2012	2017
Georgi Parvanov	2002	2012
Petar Stoyanov	1997	2002
Zhelyu Zhelev	1990	1997