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Map of Bulgaria Hear National Anthem "Mila Rodino" (Dear Homeland) Adopted 1964 ------------------------------------ Former National Anthem "Balgarijo Mila" (Dear Bulgaria) (1950 -1964) Former National Anthem "Shumi Maritsa" (Young and Strong) (1885-1944) ---------------------------------- Former National Anthem "Republiko nascha sdrawej" (1944-1950) Constitution  (12 Jul 1991) ------------------------- Royal Constitution (28 Apr 1879-9 Sep 1944; in French) Capital: Sofia (Tarnovo 1185-1393, 1877-1879; Nikopol 1393-95; Ohrid  992-1018) Currency: Lev (BGL)  National Holiday:  3 Mar (1878) Liberation Day Population: 7,262,675 (2008) GDP: $93.7 billion (2008)  Exports: $22.3 billion (2008) Imports: $35.3 billion (2008) Ethnic groups: Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001)  Total Active Armed Forces: 51,000 (2006) Merchant marine: 74 ships (2008) Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Sunni Muslim 12.2%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 3.4% (2001)  International Organizations/Treaties: AG, APM, BIS, BSEC, BTWC, CE, CEI, CERN, CFE, CTBT, DC, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ENMOD, EU, FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending), ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, Intersputnik, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISA, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, MIGA, MTCR, NAM (guest), NATO, NPT, NSG, NTBT, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI, SECP, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WEU (associate affiliate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Bulgaria Index Chronology   584                        Bulgarian Khanate 918                        Bulgarian Empire 972                        Re-incorporated into the Byzantine Empire. 976 - 1018                 Second Bulgarian Empire (located in present day                              Macedonia; also sometimes called the Empire of                               the Macedonian Slavs). 1185                       Bulgarian Empire (restored). 1365 - 1369                Hungarian occupation of Vidin. 25 Sep 1395                Part of the Ottoman Empire (as Vilayets of                               Silistra [see Dobruja under Romania], Vidin,                              and from 1864, Tuna [created merger of Nish,                              to 1876; Silistra and from 1865 Vidin]);                              and 1876-1877 Valilik of Sofya). Jun 1396 - 1398            Hungarian occupation of Vidin. 10 Jul 1877 - Aug 1879     Russian occupation.  3 Mar 1878                Treaty of San Stefano signed. 17 Mar 1878                Treaty of San Stefano ratified, Bulgarian                              autonomous polity established (Principality                              of Bulgaria) under Ottoman suzerainty. 13 Jul 1878                Treaty of Berlin signed, creation of polity                              reaffirmed.  9 Jul 1879                Autonomy comes into full effect with the                              installation of Head of State.   5 Oct 1908                Independence declared (Tsardom [Kingdom] of                              Bulgaria). 10 Aug 1913                Western Thrace annexed from Ottoman Empire. 27 Sep 1918 - 30 Sep 1918  Radomir (or soldier's) rebellion. 27 Nov 1919                By Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine Bulgaria cedes                              Western Thrace to Greece; Dobruja ceded to                              Romania; the border areas of western Macedonia                               (Bosiligrad, Caribrod, and Strumica) ceded to                               Serbia/Yugoslavia. 23 Sep 1923 - 29 Sep 1923  Communist revolt in northwestern Bulgaria.  7 Sep 1940                Romania restores Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria. 11 May 1941 -  9 Sep 1944  Occupies Greek western Thrace and former Yugoslav                              Vardar Macedonia.  9 Sep 1944 - 15 Sep 1947  Occupied by Soviet Union. 15 Sep 1946                People's Republic of Bulgaria 15 Nov 1990                Republic of Bulgaria Eastern Rumelia (1363-1908) Allied Occupation (1944-1947)  Historical Maps of Bulgaria Bulgarian Orthodox Church

General-secretary of the Bulgarian Workers' Party Party (BWP)

Feb 1945 - Aug 1948        Traicho Kostov Djunev              (b. 1897 - d. 1949)

General-secretaries of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP)

11 Aug 1948 -  2 Jul 1949  Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov           (b. 1882 - d. 1949)

 2 Jul 1949 - Jul 1949     Georgi Tsankov Veselinov           (b. 1913 - d. 1990) 

                           + Vulko Velyov Chervenkov          (b. 1900 - d. 1980) 

                             (1st time)

                           (acting) 

Jul 1949 - 23 Jan 1950     Vasil Petrov Kolarov               (b. 1877 - d. 1950)

                           + Dimitar Dimov Dimitrov           (b. 1903 - d. 1968) 

                           + Vulko Velyov Chervenkov          (s.a.)

                             (2nd time)

                           (acting)

23 Jan 1950 -  8 Feb 1950  Ruben Avramov (Ruben Levi)(acting) (b. 1900 - d. 1986) 

 8 Feb 1950 -  4 Mar 1954  Vulko Velyov Chervenkov            (s.a.)

 4 Mar 1954 - 10 Nov 1989  Todor Khristov Zhivkov             (b. 1911 - d. 1998)

                             (until 4 Apr 1981 First Secretary)

10 Nov 1989 -  2 Feb 1990  Petur Tosev Mladenov               (b. 1936 - d. 2000)

                          ("leading role" of the party abolished 15 Jan 1990)

 

Walis (governors) of Vidin (Bdyn)
(subordinated to Rumelia until 1846)
1597                       Hafiz Pasha
1598                       Serdar Mahmud Pasha
1633                       Abaza Pasha
16.. - 17..                ....
17.. - 1730                Topal Osman Pasha
1730 - 173.                Mehmed Pasha
173. - 173.                Muhsinzade Abdullah Çelebi         (b. 1660 - d. 1749)
173. - 1739                Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha                (b. c.1756 - d. 1855)
1739 -  17..               ....
c.1780                     Melek Pasha
17.. - 17..                ....
1794 -  5 Feb 1807         Pasvanoghlu Osman Pasha            (b. 1758 - d. 1807)
                             (in rebellion)
1807 - 1813                Mulla Idris Aga
1813 - 18..                ....
18.. - 18..                Ibrahim Pasha
 4 Aug 1833 - Apr 1844     Aga Hüseyin Pasha (1st time)       (b. c.1776 - d. 1849)
Apr 1844 - Feb 1845        Sirkatibi Mustafa Nuri Pasha       (b. 1798 - d. 1879)
Feb 1845 - Oct 1846        Mehmed Hayreddin Pasha
Oct 1846 - 25 Apr 1849     Aga Hüseyin Pasha (2nd time)       (s.a.)
May 1849 - Sep 1850        Mezarcizade Mehmed Ziyaeddin Pasha
Sep 1850 - Oct 1851        Ali Reza Pasha
Oct 1851 - Jun 1852        Mustafa Zarif Pasha
Jun 1852 - 1855            Abdurrahman Sami Pasha
1853 - Jul 1855            Ibrahim Pasha
Jul 1855 - Oct 1857        Mehmed Moamer Pasha
Oct 1857 - Nov 1859        Ramazanoglu Mehmed Ismet Pash
Nov 1859 - Sep 1861        Mirza (Tatar) Mehmed Said Pasha
Sep 1861 - Apr 1864        Arnavud Süleyman Refet Pasha
Apr 1864 - Dec 1864        Memed Reshid Pasha
                             (Wilhelm Strecker)
Walis of Tuna (Danube province, Nish, Silistra and Vidin)
Oct 1864 - Mar 1868        Hafiz Ahmed Midhat Shefik Pasha    (b. 1822 - d. 1884)
Mar 1868 - Dec 1868        Mehmed Sabri Pasha
Feb 1869 - Oct 1870        Arnavud Mehmed Akif Pasha
Oct 1870 - Oct 1871        Kücük ömer Fevzi Pasha
Oct 1871 - Jun 1872        Ahmed Rasim Pasha
Jun 1872 - Apr 1873        Ahmed Hamdi Pasha
Apr 1873 - Apr 1874        Abdurrahman Nureddine Pasha
Apr 1874 - Sep 1876        Mehmed Asim Pasha
Oct 1876 - Feb 1877        Halil Rifat Pasha
1876 - 1877                Oman Mazhar Ahmed
                             Pasha -Wali of Sofya
Feb 1877 - May 1877        Karavezir Mehmed Sadik Pasha
May 1877 - 1878            Kaiserli Ahmed Pasha               (d. 1878)
Russian Military Governors
10 Jul 1877 - 11 Jul 1877  Dmitry Gavrilovich Anuchin 
                             (1st time)(acting)
11 Jul 1877 - 19 Feb 1878  Prince Vladimir Aleksandrovich 
                             Cherkasskiy                      (b. 1824 - d. 1878)
19 Feb 1878 - 20 May 1878  Dmitry Gavrilovich Anuchin
                             (2nd time)(acting)
Imperial Russian Commissioner in Bulgaria
20 May 1878 -  6 Jul 1879  Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich      (b. 1820 - d. 1893) 

                             Dondukov-Korsakov          

Prince¹

 5 Jul 1879 - 21 Aug 1886  Aleksandur (1st time)              (b. 1857 - d. 1893)

                            (Alexander von Battenberg) 

Chairmen of the Provisional Government

21 Aug 1886 - 24 Aug 1886  Mitropolit Kliment Turnovski       (b. 1840 - d. 1901)  

                            (Vasil Nikolov Drumev)     

24 Aug 1886 - 30 Aug 1886  Petko Stoychev Karavelov           (b. 1843 - d. 1903)

Princes¹

25 Aug 1886 -  3 Sep 1886  Governorship (Regency)

                           (in opposition to 30 Aug 1886)

                           - Stefan Nikolov Stambolov         (b. 1854 - d. 1895)

                              (chairman)

                           - Petko Rachev Slaveykov           (b. 1827 - d. 1895)

                           - Georgi Ivanov Stranski           (b. 1847 - d. 1904)

29 Aug 1886 -  7 Sep 1886  Aleksandur (2nd time)              (s.a.)

                             (returns to Sofia 3 Sep 1886)

 7 Sep 1886 - 14 Aug 1887  Princely Governorship (Regency)

                           - Stefan Nikolov Stambolov         (s.a.)

                           - Petko Stoychev Karavelov         (s.a.)

                              (to 27 Oct 1886)

                           - Georgi Atanasov Zhivkov          (b. 1844 - d. 1899)

                              (from 13 Nov 1886)

                           - Sava Atanasov Mutkurov           (b. 1852 - d. 1891) 

14 Aug 1887 -  5 Oct 1908  Ferdinand I                        (b. 1861 - d. 1948)

Tsars¹

 5 Oct 1908 -  3 Oct 1918  Ferdinand I                        (s.a.)

27 Sep 1918 - 30 Sep 1918  Rayko Ivanov Daskalov              (b. 1886 - d. 1923)  Mil

                            (in rebellion; commander-in-chief of "Radomir Republic")

 3 Oct 1918 - 28 Aug 1943  Boris III                          (b. 1894 - d. 1943)

28 Aug 1943 - 15 Sep 1946  Simeon II                          (b. 1937)

28 Aug 1943 - 14 Sep 1943  Bogdan Dimitrov Filov -Regent      (b. 1883 - d. 1945)

14 Sep 1943 - 21 Sep 1943  Dobri Bozhilov                     (b. 1884 - d. 1945)

                             Khadzhiyanakev -Regent

21 Sep 1943 -  9 Sep 1944  Regency Council

                           - Prince Kirill                    (b. 1895 - d. 1945)

                           - Bogdan Dimitrov Filov            (s.a.)

                           - Nikola Mihaylov Mikhov           (b. 1891 - d. 1945)  Mil

 9 Sep 1944 - 15 Sep 1946  Regency Council

                           - Venelin Yordanov Ganev           (b. 1880 - d. 1960)

                           - Todor Dimitrov Pavlov            (b. 1890 - d. 1977)

                           - Tsvetko Petrov Boboshevski       (b. 1884 - d. 1952)

Chairman of the Provisional Presidency

15 Sep 1946 -  9 Dec 1947  Vasil Petrov Kolarov               (s.a.)               BWP

Chairmen of the Presidium of the National Assembly

 9 Dec 1947 - 27 May 1950  Mincho Kolev Neychev               (b. 1887 - d. 1956) BWP:1948 BKP

27 May 1950 - 27 Nov 1958  Georgi Purvanov Damyanov           (b. 1892 - d. 1958)  BKP 

27 Nov 1958 - 30 Nov 1958  Georgi Kulishev Gugov (1st time)   (b. 1885 - d. 1974)  BKP 

                           + Nikolay Georgiev Ivanov          (b. 1906 - d. 1987)  BKP 

                             (1st time) (acting)

30 Nov 1958 - 20 Apr 1964  Dimitur Ganev Vurbanov             (b. 1898 - d. 1964)  BKP 

20 Apr 1964 - 23 Apr 1964  Georgi Kulishev Gugov (2nd time)   (s.a.)               BKP 

                           + Nikolay Georgiev Ivanov          (s.a.)               BKP 

                             (2nd time) (acting)

23 Apr 1964 -  7 Jul 1971  Georgi Traykov Girovski            (b. 1898 - d. 1975)  BKP 

Chairmen of the State Council

 7 Jul 1971 - 17 Nov 1989  Todor Khristov Zhivkov             (s.a.)               BKP 

17 Nov 1989 -  3 Apr 1990  Petur Toshev Mladenov              (s.a.)               BKP 

Presidents

 3 Apr 1990 -  6 Jul 1990  Petur Toshev Mladenov              (s.a.)               Non-party

 6 Jul 1990 - 17 Jul 1990  Stanko Todorov Georgiev (acting)   (b. 1920 - d. 1996)  Non-party

17 Jul 1990 -  1 Aug 1990  Nikolay Todorov Todorov (acting)   (b. 1921 - d. 2003)  Non-party

 1 Aug 1990 - 22 Jan 1997  Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev                (b. 1935)            SDS

22 Jan 1997 - 22 Jan 2002  Petur Stefanov Stoyanov            (b. 1952)            SDS 

22 Jan 2002 -              Georgi Sedefchov Purvanov          (b. 1957)            BSP

 

 

Prime ministers²

17 Jul 1879 -  6 Dec 1879  Todor Stoyanov Burmov              (b. 1834 - d. 1906)  Con

 6 Dec 1879 -  7 Apr 1880  Metropolit Kliment Turnovski       (s.a.)             Non-party/Con

                             (1st time) 

 8 Apr 1880 - 10 Dec 1880  Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov (1st time) (b. 1828 - d. 1911)  Lib

10 Dec 1880 -  9 May 1881  Petko Stoychev Karavelov (1st time)(s.a.)               Lib

 9 May 1881 - 13 Jul 1881  Yokhan Kazimir Gustavson Ernrot    (b. 1833 - d. 1913)  Mil

                             (Johann Casimir Gustavson Ehrnroth)

13 Jul 1881 -  5 Jul 1882  Prince Aleksandur                  (s.a.)               Non-party

 5 Jul 1882 - 19 Sep 1883  Leonid Nikolayevich Sobolev        (b. 1844 - d. 1913)  Mil

19 Sep 1883 - 12 Jul 1884  Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov (2nd time) (s.a.)               Lib

12 Jul 1884 - 21 Aug 1886  Petko Stoychev Karavelov (2nd time)(s.a.)               Lib

21 Aug 1886 - 24 Aug 1886  Metropolit Kliment Turnovski       (s.a.)             Non-party/Con

                             (2nd time)

24 Aug 1886 - 28 Aug 1886  Petko Stoychev Karavelov (3rd time)(s.a.)               Lib

28 Aug 1886 - 10 Jul 1887  Vasil Hristov Radoslavov (1st time)(b. 1854 - d. 1929)  LPR

10 Jul 1887 -  1 Sep 1887  Konstantin Stoylov Stoylov         (b. 1853 - d. 1901)  Con

                             (1st time)

 1 Sep 1887 - 31 May 1894  Stefan Nikolov Stambolov           (s.a.)               NLP

31 May 1894 - 30 Jan 1899  Konstantin Stoylov Stoylov         (s.a.)               NP

                             (2nd time)

30 Jan 1899 - 13 Oct 1899  Dimitur Panayotov Grekov           (b. 1847 - d. 1901)  NLP 

13 Oct 1899 - 25 Jan 1901  Todor Ivanchov                     (b. 1858 - d. 1906)  Lib

25 Jan 1901 -  5 Mar 1901  Racho Petrov Stoylov (1st time)    (b. 1861 - d. 1942)  Non-party

 5 Mar 1901 -  3 Jan 1902  Petko Stoychev Karavelov (4th time)(s.a.)               DP

 3 Jan 1902 - 19 May 1903  Stoyan Petrov Danev (1st time)     (b. 1858 - d. 1949)  PLP

19 May 1903 -  5 Nov 1906  Racho Petrov Stoylov (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Non-party

 5 Nov 1906 - 11 Mar 1907  Dimitur Nikolov Petkov             (b. 1858 - d. 1907)  NLP

12 Mar 1907 - 16 Mar 1907  Dimitur Yanev Stanchov (acting)    (b. 1863 - d. 1940)  NLP

16 Mar 1907 - 29 Jan 1908  Petur Todorov Gudev                (b. 1863 - d. 1932)  Non-party

29 Jan 1908 - 29 Mar 1911  Aleksandur Pavlov Malinov          (b. 1867 - d. 1938)  DP

                             (1st time)

29 Mar 1911 - 14 Jun 1913  Ivan Evstratiev Geshov             (b. 1849 - d. 1924)  NP

14 Jun 1913 - 17 Jul 1913  Stoyan Petrov Danev (2nd time)     (s.a.)               PLP

17 Jul 1913 - 21 Jun 1918  Vasil Hristov Radoslavov (2nd time)(s.a.)               LPR

21 Jun 1918 - 28 Nov 1918  Aleksandur Pavlov Malinov          (s.a.)               DP 

                             (2nd time)

28 Nov 1918 -  6 Oct 1919  Teodor Ivanov Teodorov             (b. 1859 - d. 1924)  NP 

 6 Oct 1919 -  9 Jun 1923  Aleksandur Stroymenov Stamboliyski (b. 1879 - d. 1923)  BZNS

 9 Jun 1923 -  4 Jan 1926  Aleksandur Tsolov Tsankov          (b. 1879 - d. 1959)  DS

                             (1st time)

23 Sep 1923 - 29 Sep 1923  Supreme Military Revolution Committee

                           (in rebellion)

                           - Vasil Petrov Kolarov             (b. 1877 - d. 1950)  BKP 

                           - Georgi Mikhaylov Dimitrov        (b. 1882 - d. 1949)  BKP

                           - Gavril Genov Dimitrov            (b. 1892 - d. 1934)  BKP

 4 Jan 1926 - 29 Jun 1931  Andrey Tasev Lyapchev              (b. 1866 - d. 1933)  DS

29 Jun 1931 - 12 Oct 1931  Aleksandur Pavlov Malinov          (s.a.)               DP

                             (3rd time)

12 Oct 1931 - 19 May 1934  Nikola Stoykov Mushanov            (b. 1872 - d. 1951)  DP

19 May 1934 - 22 Jan 1935  Kimon Georgiev Stoyanov (1st time) (b. 1882 - d. 1968)  Mil/NSZ

22 Jan 1935 - 21 Apr 1935  Pencho (Petko) Ivanov Zlatev       (b. 1881 - d. 1948)  Mil/VS

21 Apr 1935 - 23 Nov 1935  Andrey Slavov Toshev               (b. 1867 - d. 1944)  Non-party

23 Nov 1935 - 15 Feb 1940  Georgi Ivanov Kyoseivanov          (b. 1884 - d. 1960)  Non-party

15 Feb 1940 -  9 Sep 1943  Bogdan Dimitrov Filov              (s.a.)               Non-party

 9 Sep 1943 - 14 Sep 1943  Petar Hristov Gabrovski (acting)   (b. 1898 - d. 1945)  Non-party

14 Sep 1943 -  1 Jun 1944  Dobri Bozhilov Khadzhiyanakev      (s.a.)               Non-party

 1 Jun 1944 -  2 Sep 1944  Ivan Ivanov Bagrianov              (b. 1891 - d. 1945)  BZNS

 2 Sep 1944 -  9 Sep 1944  Konstantin Vladov Muraviev         (b. 1893 - d. 1965)  BZNS

 9 Sep 1944 - 23 Nov 1946  Kimon Georgiev Stoyanov (2nd time) (s.a.)               Mil/NSZ/OF 

 9 Sep 1944 - May 1945     Aleksandur Tsolov Tsankov          (s.a.)               NSM

                             (2nd time)                              

                             (in opposition; in Germany exile)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (premiers)²

23 Nov 1946 -  2 Jul 1949  Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov           (s.a.)              BWP:1948 BKP

 2 Jul 1949 - 23 Jan 1950  Vasil Petrov Kolarov               (s.a.)               BKP 

                             (acting to 20 Jul 1949)

 3 Feb 1950 - 17 Apr 1956  Vulko Velyov Chervenkov            (s.a.)               BKP 

17 Apr 1956 - 19 Nov 1962  Anton Tanev Yugov                  (b. 1904 - d. 1991)  BKP 

19 Nov 1962 -  7 Jul 1971  Todor Khristov Zhivkov             (s.a.)               BKP 

 7 Jul 1971 - 18 Jun 1981  Stanko Todorov Georgiev            (s.a.)               BKP 

18 Jun 1981 - 21 Mar 1986  Grisha (Georgi) Stanchev Filipov   (b. 1919 - d. 1994)  BKP 

21 Mar 1986 -  8 Feb 1990  Georgi Ivanov Atanasov             (b. 1933)            BKP 

 8 Feb 1990 - 20 Dec 1990  Andrey Karlov Lukanov              (b. 1938 - d. 1996)  BKP/BSP

Prime ministers²

20 Dec 1990 -  8 Nov 1991  Dimitur Iliev Popov                (b. 1927)            Non-party

 8 Nov 1991 - 30 Dec 1992  Filip Dimitrov Dimitrov            (b. 1955)            SDS

30 Dec 1992 - 17 Oct 1994  Lyuben Borisov Berov               (b. 1925 - d. 2006)  Non-party

17 Oct 1994 - 25 Jan 1995  Reneta Ivanova Indzhova (f)        (b. 1953)            Non-party

                             (interim)

25 Jan 1995 - 12 Feb 1997  Zhan Vasilev Videnov               (b. 1959)            BSP

12 Feb 1997 - 21 May 1997  Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski (interim)(b. 1951)            SDS

21 May 1997 - 24 Jul 2001  Ivan Yordanov Kostov               (b. 1949)            SDS

24 Jul 2001 - 16 Aug 2005  Simeon Borisov Sakskoburggotski    (s.a.)               NDST

                             (ex-tsar Simeon II)

16 Aug 2005 - 27 Jul 2009  Sergey Dimitryvich Stanishev       (b. 1966)            BSP

27 Jul 2009 -              Boyko Metodiev Borisov             (b. 1959)            GREB

 

Ottoman and Russian Residents 1885-1908

Ottoman Secretaries of Commissariat
c.1885 - Dec 1885          Nihad PashaDec
1885 - 1888?               Onik Efendi Minidjan
1890 - 1892                Rechid (Rejid) Bey
Imperial Ottoman Commissioners
1893 - 1895                Nebil Bey
1896                       Niazi Bey
1897                       Nassuhi Bey
11 Nov 1897 - 1902         Najib Effendi Melhame
1902 - 1904                Ali Faruh Bey
1904 - 1908                Sadiq Pasha
1908                       Vasiq Bey (acting)

Russian Diplomatic Representatives
(Russian presence and influence remained important until 1886)
1878 - 1879                Aleksandr Petrovich Davydov        (b. 1838 - d. 1885)
1880 - 1881                Aleksey Mikhailovich Kumani        (b. 1832 - d. ....)
1881 - 1883                Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chitrovo    (b. 1837 - d. 1906)
1883 - 1884                Aleksandr Semenovich Yonin         (b. 1837 - d. 1900)
1884 - 1886                Aleksandr Ivanovich Koyander       (b. 1847 - d. 1910)
1886                       Nikolay Vasilyevich Baron von      (b. 1842 - d. 1905)
                             Kaulbars

Allied Occupation 1944-1947

Commander of Soviet (Third Ukrainian Front) Forces
 9 Sep 1944 - 28 Oct 1944  Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin         (b. 1894 - d. 1949)
Chairmen of the Allied Control Commission
28 Oct 1944 - Apr 1946     Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin         (s.a.)      
                            (Soviet Union)
28 Oct 1944 - Apr 1946     Sergey Semyonovich Biriuzov        (b. 1904 - d. 1964)                             (acting for Tolbukhin)
                            (Soviet Union)
Apr 1946 - 15 Sep 1947     Aleksandr Ivanovich Cherepanov     (b. 1895 - d. 1984)                             (acting to 1947) (Soviet Union)  

 ¹The full style of the ruler:
(a) 8 Jul 1879 to 5 Oct 1908 (New Style): S bozijata milost i narodnata volja knjaz na Balgarija ("By the Grace of God and the Will of the People, Prince of Bulgaria");
(b) 5 Oct 1908 to 15 Sep 1946: S bozijata milost i narodnata volja car na balgarite
("By the Grace of God and the Will of the People, King [Tsar] of the Bulgarians").  

 ²Formal styles of the prime ministers: Ministur-predsedatel (minister-president) 1879-1946 and from 1990; Predsedatel na Ministerskiya suvet (chairman of the council of ministers) 1946 - 1990.

 

Party abbreviations: BSP = Balgarska Socialdemokraticheska Partiya (Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, ex-BKP, socialist, est.1990); BZNS = Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz (Bulgarian Peasant People's Union, agrarian); GREB = Grazhdani za Evropeysko Razvitie na Balgariya (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, conservative, est.2006); SDS = Sajuz na Demokraticnite Sili (Union of Democratic Forces, center-right); Mil = Military;

- Former parties: BKP = Bulgarska Komunisticheska Partija (Bulgarian Communist Party 1919-1990, communist –only legal party 1946-1990, banned 1923-1944; 1938-1948 know as Bulgarian Worker's Party [BWP]); Con = Conservative; DP = Demokraticheska Partiya (Democratic Party, liberal); DS = Demokraticheski Sgovor (Democratic Harmony, government party replaces KB in Nov/Dec 1923); KB = Konstitucionni Bloc (Constitutional Bloc, democratic, to Nov/Dec 1923); NB = Naroden Blok (People's Bloc, right); Lib = Liberalni (liberal); LPR = Liberalna Partiya- Radoslavisti (Liberal Party-"Radoslavists", conservative, est.1887); NDST = Nacionalno Dvizenie Simeon Vtori (National Movement Simeon II, ex-King Simeon II personalist, centerist, 2001-07); NLP = Narodnoliberalna Partiya (People's Liberal Party, conservative-liberal, est.1886); NP = Narodna Partiya (People's Party, conservative, est.1894 by Stoilov); NSM = National Socialist Movement (natinalist, fascist, 1932-1945); OF = Otechestven Front (Fatherland Front, 1942-1946 anti-royal, anti-German umbrella organization of BKP, BZNS, NSZ and Social Democratic Party [SDP Socialdemokraticheska Partija]); PLP = Progresivliberalna Partiya (Progressive Liberal Party, founded 1884 by Tsankov, as split from the LP); VS = Voenni Sajuz (Military Union); NSZ = Naroden Sajuz Zveno ("Zveno" Peoples' League, est. 1927, included all parties organizations except communists; also called lorry party, due to small membership)

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1363                       Thrace annexed by the Ottoman Empire as Rumelia.
10 Jul 1877 - 19 May 1879  Russian occupation (until 1878 see Bulgaria).
 4 Jan 1878 - 19 May 1879  Russian administration.
 4 Jan 1878                Vilayet of Eastern Rumelia created out of the Sandjaks Filibe
                            (Bulg.: Plovdiv) and Islimiye (Bulg. Sliven) of Edirne Vilayet.
19 May 1879                Autonomy within the Ottoman Empire.
18 Sep 1885                Annexation by Bulgaria renamed South Bulgaria.
                             nominally Ottoman (de facto incorporation
                             into Bulgaria).
17 Apr 1886                Eastern Rumelia nominally restored with the
                             Bulgarian Prince as governor-general.
 5 Oct 1908                De jure incorporation into independent Bulgaria.

Beylerbeys of Rumelia 
1363 - 1412                direct Ottoman rule 
1412                       Mihaloghlu Mehmed
1434                       Sinan Pasha
1444 - 1444                Mehmed (from 1444, Mehmed II)
14.. - 1453                Mahmud Pasha Angelovich 
1454                       Isa
1474                       Süleyman Pasha
1478 - 1483                Dervish Koça Davud Pasha Arnavut 
1484                       Hadim Ali Pasha 
1489                       Hadim Süleyman Pasha
1522                       Ayas (Mehmed) Pasha 
1527                       Kasim Pasha                         (d. 1522)
15.. - 1536                Pargali Ibrahim Pasha Maqbul 
1538 - 1541                Deli Hüsrev Pasha 
1541 - 1547                Kara Ahmad Pasha 
1547 - 1549                Semiz Ali Pasha 
1549 - 1561/65             Tâvil Mehmed Pasha Sokollu 
1565 - 15..                ....
15.. - 1582                Damad Ibrahim Pasha 
1582 - 1583                Ferhad Pasha 
1583 - 1589                ....
1589 - 1592                Hizir Pasha (Haydar)
1592 - 1593                Cagirci Mehmed Pasha 
1594 - 159.                Sinanzade Mehmed Pasha Sokollu 
1597 - ....                Lala Musafa Pasha
.... - 1602                Hasan Pasha                        (d. 1602)
1603 - 1604                Murad Pasha (Koça Kyuçu) 
1604                       Kara Davud Pasha 
1635                       Mehmed Pasha
16.. - 1643                Faiq Pasha                         (b. 1573 - d. 1643)
1658 - 1659                Deli Hüsein Pasha 
1683                       Hasan Pasha
1688                       Yegen Osman Pasha
1689 - 1697                Cafer Pasha Vlora                  (d. 1697)
Sep 1697 - 1717            ....
1717 - 17..                Ali Pasha
17.. - 17..                Muhsinzade Abdullah Çelebi         (b. 1660 - d. 1749)
172. - 17..                Topal Osman Pasha
17.. - 1758                ....
1759 - 1760                Silahdar Mahir Hamza Pasha         (b. 1727 - d. 1768)
176. - 1769                Mehmed Pasha
1769 - 177.                Abdi Pasha
177. - 178.                ....
1786 - 178.                Aydoslu Mehmed Pasha
178. - 1792                ....
1793 - 179.                Ebubekir Pasha
179. - 1796                Alo Pasha 
1796 - 1797                Mehmed Hakki Pasha (1st time)      (d. 1796)
May 1797 - Oct 1797        Senekzade Mustafa Pasha
1797 - 1801                Ali Pasha                          (b. 1741 - d. 1822)
1801 - 1802                Mehmed Hakki Pasha (2nd time)      (s.a.)
1802 - 1804                ....
1804                       Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha (1st time)
1805                       Ibrahim Pasha 
1806                       Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha (2nd time)
1807 - Sep 1821            Ali Deli Pasha Marashli            (d. 1821)
1821 - 1824                Hüseyin Pasha (1st time)
Nov 1824 - Jan 1829        Reshit Mehmet Pasha
Jan 1829 - 1830            Mehmet Selim Sirri Pasha           (b. 1771 - d. 1831)
1830 - 1832                ....
1832 - 1835                Hüseyin Pasha (2nd time)
1835 - 1836?               Mustafa Pasha
1836 - Apr 1840            Ahmed Zekeriya Pasha
May 1840 - Jul 1840        Dilaver Mehmet Pasha
Jul 1840 - Feb 1842        Yusuf Muhlis Pasha                 (b. 1784 - d. 1843)
Feb 1842 - Feb 1843        Yakup Pasha
Feb 1843 - Jul 1843        Mustafa Nuri Pasha
Aug 1843 - Jan 1844        Mirza Tatar Mehmet Said Pasha      (d. 1871)
Sep 1844 - Oct 1845        Mehmet Ziyneddin Pasha (1st time)  (d. 1870)
Dec 1845 - Jan 1847        Ömer Pasha (1st time)
Jan 1847 - Oct 1848        Mehmet Ziyneddin Pasha (2nd time)  (s.a.)
Oct 1848 - Aug 1854        Asaf Pasha
Aug 1854 - Sep 1855        Mehmet Reshid Pasha                (b. 1812 - d. 1877)
Sep 1855 - Sep 1856        Ömer Pasha (2nd time)
Sep 1856 - May 1857        Arnavut Mehmed Hurshid Pasha
May 1857 - Oct 1857        Ahmet Nazir Pasha                  (d. 1861)
Oct 1857 - Dec 1859        Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1st time)  (b. 1807 - d. 1883)
Jan 1860 - Feb 1861        Ismail Pasha                       (b. 1805 - d. 1861)
Jun 1861 - Feb 1864        Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (2nd time)  (s.a.)
Feb 1864 - Aug 1864        Haçi Ali Pasha
Aug 1864 - Jan 1865        Avni Hüsnü Hüseyin Pasha
Sep 1866 - Jun 1867        Mehmet Tevfik Pasha
1867 - 1874                ....
1874 - 1875                Ali Sa'ib Pasha (in Monastir)
1876 - 10 Dec 1877         Osman Mazhar Pasha (in Sofia)
Russian Civil Administrator of Eastern Rumelia
 9 Oct 1878 - 18 May 1879  Arkady Dmitriyevich Stolypin       (b. 1821 - d. 1899)
Governors-general
(possibly with the Ottoman style Wali)
18 May 1879 - 26 Apr 1884  Aleksandur Stefanov Bogoridi       (b. 1823 - d. 1910)
                             "Aleko Pasha"
                            (Alexandros Stephanou Vogoridis) 
26 Apr 1884 - 18 Sep 1885  Gavril Baev Krustevich             (b. 1820 - d. 1898)
                             "Gavril Pasha" (Gavriil Krestovits) 
Chairman of the Provisional Government
 7 Sep 1885 -  9 Sep 1885  Georgi Ivanov Stranski             (b. 1847 - d. 1904)
Bulgarian Commissioner for South Bugaria
 9 Sep 1885 -  5 Apr 1886  Georgi Ivanov Stranski             (s.a.)
Governors-general
17 Apr 1886 -  5 Oct 1908  the Princes of Bulgaria 
 

Chief Secretary
1879 - 1884                Gavril Baev Krustevich             (s.a.) 
                             "Gavril Pasha"