Chairperson of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria | |
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Председател на Народното събрание на Република България Predsedatel na Narodnoto sabranie na Republika Balgariya | |
since 20 June 2024 | |
National Assembly of Bulgaria | |
Style | Mister/Madam President |
Residence | No official residence |
Seat | Old Parliament House, Sofia |
Appointer | National Assembly |
Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | Anthim I |
Formation | 14 February 1879 |
Salary | €3,045 monthly |
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The chairperson of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Председател на Народното събрание на Република България, romanized: Predsedatel na Narodnoto sabranie na Republika Balgariya) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Bulgaria. The assembly selects the chairperson during its opening session. The term of the chairperson coincides with the term of the assembly. The salary of the chairperson is лв. 5,900 per month.[1]
List of chairpersons (1879–present)
[edit]This is a list of all chairpersons of the National Assembly of Bulgaria from its establishment in 1879 until today.
National Assembly | Portrait | Chairperson | Term |
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Constituent National Assembly | ![]() |
Anthim I | 14 February 1879 – 16 April 1879 |
1st Grand National Assembly | 17 April 1879 – 26 June 1879 | ||
1st Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Petko Karavelov | 21 October 1879 – 24 November 1879 |
2nd Ordinary National Assembly | 23 March 1880 – 26 March 1880 | ||
Petko Slaveykov | 26 March 1880 – 28 November 1880 | ||
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Nikola Suknarov | 29 November 1880 – 18 December 1880 | |
2nd Grand National Assembly | ![]() |
Todor Ikonomov | 1 July 1881 |
3rd Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Simeon Varnensko-Preslavski | 11 December 1882 – 8 September 1883 |
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Dimitar Grekov | 9 September 1883 – 25 December 1883 | |
4th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Petko Karavelov | 27 June 1884 – 30 June 1884 |
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Stefan Stambolov | 30 June 1884 – 26 August 1886 | |
Georgi Zhivkov | 1 September 1886 – 6 September 1886 | ||
3rd Grand National Assembly | 19 October 1886 – 1 November 1886 | ||
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Dimitar Tonchev | 22 June 1887 – 3 August 1887 | |
5th Ordinary National Assembly | 15 October 1887 – 12 December 1888 | ||
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Zahari Stoyanov | 13 December 1888 – 6 September 1889 | |
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Panayot Slavkov | 22 October 1889 – 15 October 1890 | |
6th Ordinary National Assembly | 15 October 1890 – 12 December 1892 | ||
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Dimitar Petkov | 14 December 1892 – 3 May 1893 | |
4th Grand National Assembly | 3 May 1893 – 17 May 1893 | ||
7th Ordinary National Assembly | 15 October 1893 – 19 November 1893 | ||
Georgi Zhivkov | 20 November 1893 – 1 August 1894 | ||
8th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Teodor Teodorov | 15 October 1894 – 10 October 1896 |
9th Ordinary National Assembly | Georgi Yankulov | 1 December 1896 – 19 December 1898 | |
10th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Dimitar Vachov | 16 May 1899 – 1 October 1899 |
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Zhecho Bakalov | 18 October 1899 – 29 September 1900 | |
11th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Ivan Evstratiev Geshov | 22 February 1901 – 25 October 1901 |
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Marko Balabanov | 25 October 1901 – 23 December 1901 | |
12th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Dragan Tsankov | 22 April 1902 – 21 August 1903 |
13th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Petar Staykov | 2 November 1903 – 30 January 1904 |
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Todor Gatev | 20 October 1904 – 18 December 1905 | |
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Petar Gudev | 17 October 1905 – 2 March 1907 | |
Dobri Petkov | 5 March 1907 – 18 April 1908 | ||
14th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Hristo Slaveykov | 15 June 1908 – 15 September 1910 |
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Petar Orahovats | 15 October 1910 – 15 February 1911 | |
5th Grand National Assembly | ![]() |
Stoyan Danev | 9 June 1911 – 9 July 1911 |
15th Ordinary National Assembly | 15 October 1911 – 1 June 1913 | ||
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Ivan Evstratiev Geshov | 26 June 1913 – 23 July 1913 | |
16th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Dimitar Vachov | 19 December 1913 – 31 December 1913 |
17th Ordinary National Assembly | 20 March 1914 – 15 April 1919 | ||
18th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Naycho Tsanov | 10 October 1919 [1] |
Nedyalko Atanasov | 2 October 1919 – 20 February 1920 | ||
19th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Aleksandar Botev | 15 April 1920 – 24 June 1921 |
Nedyalko Atanasov | 4 November 1921 – 11 March 1923 | ||
20th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Aleksandar Botev | 21 May 1923 – 11 June 1923 |
21st Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Todor Kulev | 9 December 1923 – 4 January 1926 |
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Aleksandar Tsankov | 5 January 1926 – 15 April 1927 | |
22nd Ordinary National Assembly | 19 June 1927 – 15 May 1930 | ||
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Nikola Naydenov | 21 May 1930 – 15 April 1931 | |
23rd Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Stefan Stefanov | 20 August 1931 – 12 October 1931 |
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Aleksandar Malinov | 15 October 1931 – 18 May 1934 | |
24th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Stoycho Moshanov | 22 May 1938 – 24 October 1939 |
25th Ordinary National Assembly | Nikola Logofetov | 24 February 1940 – 16 May 1941 | |
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Hristo Kalfov | 16 May 1941 – 23 August 1944 | |
26th Ordinary National Assembly | ![]() |
Vasil Kolarov | 15 December 1945 – 6 November 1946 |
6th Grand National Assembly | 7 November 1946 – 21 October 1949 | ||
1st (27th) National Assembly | ![]() |
Ferdinand Kozovski | 1 February 1950 – 2 December 1953 |
2nd (28th) National Assembly | 14 January 1954 – 11 December 1957 | ||
3rd (29th) National Assembly | 13 January 1958 – 4 November 1961 | ||
4th (30th) National Assembly | 15 March 1962 – 12 September 1965 | ||
Sava Ganovski | 6 December 1965 – 8 December 1965 | ||
5th (31st) National Assembly | 11 March 1966 – 6 July 1971 | ||
6th (32nd) National Assembly | ![]() |
Georgi Traykov | 7 July 1971 – 27 April 1972 |
Vladimir Bonev | 27 April 1972 – 9 March 1976 | ||
7th (33rd) National Assembly | 15 June 1976 – 7 April 1981 | ||
8th (34th) National Assembly | ![]() |
Stanko Todorov | 16 June 1981 – 21 March 1986 |
9th (35th) National Assembly | 17 June 1986 – 3 April 1990 | ||
7th Grand National Assembly | ![]() |
Nikolai Todorov | 17 July 1990 – 2 October 1991 [2] |
36th National Assembly | Stefan Savov | 4 November 1991 – 24 September 1992 [3] | |
Aleksandar Yordanov | 5 November 1992 – 17 October 1994 | ||
37th National Assembly | ![]() |
Blagovest Sendov | 12 January 1995 – 13 February 1997 |
38th National Assembly | Yordan Sokolov | 7 May 1997 – 19 April 2001 | |
39th National Assembly | ![]() |
Ognyan Gerdzhikov | 5 July 2001 – 4 February 2005 [4] |
Borislav Velikov | 23 February 2005 – 17 June 2005 | ||
40th National Assembly | ![]() |
Georgi Pirinski | 11 July 2005 – 25 June 2009 |
41st National Assembly | ![]() |
Tsetska Tsacheva | 14 July 2009 – 13 March 2013 |
42nd National Assembly | ![]() |
Mihail Mikov | 21 May 2013 – 6 August 2014 |
43rd National Assembly | ![]() |
Tsetska Tsacheva | 27 October 2014 – 26 January 2017 |
44th National Assembly | ![]() |
Dimitar Glavchev | 19 April 2017 – 17 November 2017 |
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Tsveta Karayancheva | 17 November 2017 – 25 March 2021 | |
45th National Assembly | ![]() |
Iva Miteva | 15 April 2021 – 11 May 2021 |
46th National Assembly | 21 July 2021 – 16 September 2021 | ||
47th National Assembly | ![]() |
Nikola Minchev | 2 December 2021 – 16 June 2022 |
48th National Assembly | ![]() |
Vezhdi Rashidov | 21 October 2022 – 3 February 2023 |
49th National Assembly | Rosen Zhelyazkov | 19 April 2023 – 25 April 2024 | |
50th National Assembly | Raya Nazaryan | 20 June 2024 – incumbent |
List of living former chairpersons of the National Assembly
[edit]Name | Term of office | Date of birth |
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Aleksandar Yordanov | 1992–1994 | 13 February 1952 |
Ognyan Gerdzhikov | 2001–2005 | 19 March 1946 |
Borislav Velikov | 2005 | 29 October 1946 |
Georgi Pirinski | 2005–2009 | 10 September 1948 |
Mihail Mikov | 2013–2014 | 16 June 1960 |
Tsetska Tsacheva | 2009–2013 2014–2017 |
24 May 1958 |
Dimitar Glavchev | 2017 | 15 August 1963 |
Tsveta Karayancheva | 2017-2021 | 25 February 1968 |
Iva Miteva | 2021 | 25 October 1972 |
Nikola Minchev | 2021–2022 | 13 September 1987 |
Vezhdi Rashidov | 2022–2023 | 14 December 1951 |
Rosen Zhelyazkov | 2023–2024 | 5 April 1968 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Naycho Tsanov retired for political reasons on 10 October 1919, his duties being done by vice-chairman Nedyalko Atanasov.
- ^ Nikolay Georgiev was acting Chairman 20 April 1964 – 23 April 1964.
- ^ After the 7th Grand National Assembly dissolved on 12 July 1991, it continued to function as an Ordinary National Assembly until 2 October the same year.
- ^ Snezhana Bothusharova was acting Chairman 24 September 1992 – 5 November 1992
- ^ Kamelia Kasabova was acting Chairman 4 February 2005 – 23 February 2005
References
[edit]- ^ "Bulgaria hikes pay for MPs, Prime Minister and President". 14 February 2018.