The chairperson of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria () 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 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 18792nd 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 18813rd Ordinary National Assembly 11 December 1882 – 8 September 1883 Dimitar Grekov 9 September 1883 – 25 December 18834th 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 18863rd Grand National Assembly 19 October 1886 – 1 November 1886 Dimitar Tonchev 22 June 1887 – 3 August 18875th Ordinary National Assembly 15 October 1887 – 12 December 1888 Zahari Stoyanov 13 December 1888 – 6 September 1889 Panayot Slavkov 22 October 1889 – 15 October 18906th 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 18937th 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 189810th Ordinary National Assembly Dimitar Vachov 16 May 1899 – 1 October 1899 Zhecho Bakalov 18 October 1899 – 29 September 190011th 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 190313th 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 190814th 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 191115th 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 191918th Ordinary National Assembly Naycho Tsanov 10 October 1919 Nedyalko Atanasov 2 October 1919 – 20 February 192019th 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 192321st Ordinary National Assembly Todor Kulev 9 December 1923 – 4 January 1926 Aleksandar Tsankov 5 January 1926 – 15 April 192722nd Ordinary National Assembly 19 June 1927 – 15 May 1930 Nikola Naydenov 21 May 1930 – 15 April 193123rd 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 193925th 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 19614th (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 19716th (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 200139th 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 – 6 August 2014 43rd National Assembly Tsetska Tsacheva 27 October 2014 – 26 January 201744th 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 202147th National Assembly Nikola Minchev 2 December 2021 – 16 June 2022 Miroslav Ivanov(acting) 16 June 2022 – 1 August 2022 48th National Assembly Vezhdi Rashidov 21 October 2022 – 3 February 202349th National Assembly Rosen Zhelyazkov 19 April 2023 – 25 April 2024 Rositsa Kirova(acting) 25 April 2024 – 19 June 2024 50th National Assembly Raya Nazaryan 20 June 2024 – 11 November 202451st National Assembly Nataliya Kiselova 6 December 2024 – 29 October 2025 Raya Nazaryan 29 October 2025 – 30 April 2026 52nd National Assembly Mihaela Dotsova 30 April 2026 – present
List of living former chairpersons of the National Assembly Name Term of office Date of birth Aleksandar Yordanov 1992–1994 Ognyan Gerdzhikov 2001–2005 Borislav Velikov 2005 Georgi Pirinski 2005–2009 Mihail Mikov 2013–2014 Tsetska Tsacheva 2009–20132014–2017 Dimitar Glavchev 2017 Tsveta Karayancheva 2017–2021 Iva Miteva 2021 Nikola Minchev 2021–2022 Vezhdi Rashidov 2022–2023 Rosen Zhelyazkov 2023–2024 Nataliya Kiselova 2024 Raya Nazaryan 20242025–2026
See also History of Bulgaria Politics of Bulgaria
Notes 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
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