President of Bulgaria

President of Bulgaria
Президент на България
Incumbent
Rumen Radev
since 22 January 2017
Style His Excellency
Residence Largo, Sofia
Appointer Popular vote
Term length Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Petar Mladenov
as Chairman (President) of the Republic
Zhelyu Zhelev
Formation 3 April 1990
Deputy Vice President of Bulgaria
Salary €35,412(~US$42,000) annual[1]
Website www.president.bg
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The President of the Republic of Bulgaria is the head of state of Bulgaria and the commander-in-chief of the Military of Bulgaria. The official residence of the President is at Boyana Residence, Sofia. After the completion of the second round of voting, candidate Rumen Radev was elected President of Bulgaria on 13 November 2016.

Bulgarian presidential line of succession

  • 1. Vice President of Bulgaria
  • 2. Chairman of the National Assembly

Latest election

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Rumen RadevIndependent973,75425.442,063,03259.37
Tsetska TsachevaGERB840,63521.961,256,48536.16
Krasimir KarakachanovUnited Patriots573,01614.97
Veselin MareshkiIndependent427,66011.17
Plamen OresharskiIndependent253,7266.63
Traycho TraykovReformist Bloc224,7345.87
Ivailo KalfinAlternative for Bulgarian Revival125,5313.28
Tatyana DonchevaMovement 21–NDSV69,3721.81
George GanchevChristian Social Union27,9280.73
Velizar EnchevMovement for Radical Change Bulgarian Spring18,2130.48
Dimitar MarinovBulgarian National Unification14,9740.39
Rumen GalabinovIndependent10,2860.27
Plamen PaskovIndependent10,1030.26
Aleksandar TomovBulgarian Socialdemocratic-Euroleft9,5130.25
Gospodin TonevBulgarian Democratic Community6,8550.18
Kemil RamadanBalkanic Democratic League6,0890.16
Kamen PopovIndependent5,2120.14
Diana DimitrovaIndependent4,3620.11
Nikolay BanevIndependent4,1960.11
Yordanka KolevaIndependent4,1820.11
Biser MilanovIndependent3,2150.08
None of the above214,0945.59155,4114.47
Invalid/blank votes119,925–66,036–
Total3,947,5751003,540,964100
Registered voters/turnout7,014,72356.287,020,11950.44
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria

Living former presidents

There are three living former Bulgarian Presidents:


Rumen RadevRosen PlevnelievGeorgi ParvanovPetar StoyanovZhelyu ZhelevPetar Mladenov

See also

The Bulgarian President's Office

References

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