List of heads of state of Bulgaria


This is a list of the heads of state of the modern Bulgarian state, from the establishment of the Principality of Bulgaria to the present day.
It also lists the General Secretaries of the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1946–1990. From 1946 onwards, the General Secretary was the country's de facto chief executive.

[Principality of Bulgaria] (1878–1908)

House of Battenberg">Battenberg family">House of Battenberg (1879–1886)

[House of [Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (1887–1908)

[Kingdom of Bulgaria] (1908–1946)

[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha] (1908–1946)

[People's Republic of Bulgaria] (1946–1990)

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General Secretaries of the [Bulgarian Communist Party] (1946–1990)

Republic of Bulgaria">Bulgaria">Republic of Bulgaria (1990–present)

Living former heads of state

There are three living former Bulgarian Presidents and one living former Tsar of Bulgaria:

Head of State titles