Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria

Chairperson of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
Председател на Народното събрание на Република България Predsedatel na Narodnoto sabranie na Republika Balgariya
Incumbent Rosen Zhelyazkov since 19 April 2023
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

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 5,900 lev per month.

List of chairpersons (1879–present)

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
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
		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
		Dimitar Grekov	9 September 1883 – 25 December 1883
4th Ordinary National Assembly		Petko Karavelov	27 June 1884 – 30 June 1884
		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
		Dimitar Tonchev	22 June 1887 – 3 August 1887
5th Ordinary National Assembly			15 October 1887 – 12 December 1888
		Zahari Stoyanov	13 December 1888 – 6 September 1889
		Panayot Slavkov	22 October 1889 – 15 October 1890
6th Ordinary National Assembly			15 October 1890 – 12 December 1892
		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
		Zhecho Bakalov	18 October 1899 – 29 September 1900
11th Ordinary National Assembly		Ivan Evstratiev Geshov	22 February 1901 – 25 October 1901
		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
		Todor Gatev	20 October 1904 – 18 December 1905
		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
		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
		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
		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
		Aleksandar Tsankov	5 January 1926 – 15 April 1927
22nd Ordinary National Assembly			19 June 1927 – 15 May 1930
		Nikola Naydenov	21 May 1930 – 15 April 1931
23rd Ordinary National Assembly		Stefan Stefanov	20 August 1931 – 12 October 1931
		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
		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
36th National Assembly		Stefan Savov	4 November 1991 – 24 September 1992
		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
		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 – 26 January 2016
43rd National Assembly		Tsetska Tsacheva	7 April 2016 – 26 January 2017
44th National Assembly		Dimitar Glavchev	19 April 2017 – 17 November 2017
		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 – present

List of living former chairpersons of the National Assembly

Name	Term of office	Date of birth
Aleksandar Yordanov	1992–1994	(1952-02-13) 13 February 1952
Ognyan Gerdzhikov	2001–2005	(1946-03-19) 19 March 1946
Borislav Velikov	2005	(1946-10-29) 29 October 1946
Georgi Pirinski	2005–2009	(1948-09-10) 10 September 1948
Mihail Mikov	2013–2016	(1960-06-16) 16 June 1960
Tsetska Tsacheva	2009–2013 2016–2017	(1958-05-24) 24 May 1958
Dimitar Glavchev	2017	(1963-08-15) 15 August 1963
Iva Miteva	2021	(1972-10-25) 25 October 1972
Nikola Minchev	2021–2022	(1987-09-13) 13 September 1987
Vezhdi Rashidov	2022–2023	(1951-12-14) 14 December 1951

See also

• History of Bulgaria
• Politics of Bulgaria

Notes

1. ^ Naycho Tsanov retired for political reasons on 10 October 1919, his duties being done by vice-chairman Nedyalko Atanasov.
2. ^ Nikolay Georgiev was acting Chairman 20 April 1964 – 23 April 1964.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Snezhana Bothusharova was acting Chairman 24 September 1992 – 5 November 1992
5. ^ Kamelia Kasabova was acting Chairman 4 February 2005 – 23 February 2005