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- 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 Nov 1950 Ruben Avramov (Ruben Levi)(acting) (b. 1900 - d. 1986)
- 8 Nov 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)
- 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
- (commander-in-chief of "Radomir Republic", in rebellion)
- 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 -Regent (b. 1884 - d. 1945)
- 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 - 22 Jan 2012 Georgi Sedefchov Purvanov (b. 1957) BSP
- 22 Jan 2012 -
Rosen Plevneliev
(b. 1964)
GERB
- 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 - 18 Apr 1956 Vulko Velyov Chervenkov (s.a.) BKP
-
(acting to 1 Feb 1950)
18 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 - 24 Mar 1986 Grisha (Georgi) Stanchev Filipov (b. 1919 - d. 1994) BKP
- 24 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.) NDSV
- (ex-tsar Simeon II)
- 16 Aug 2005 - 27 Jul 2009 Sergey Dimitryvich Stanishev (b. 1966) BSP
- 27 Jul 2009 - 13 Mar 2013 Boyko Metodiev Borisov (b. 1959) GREB
- 13 Mar 2013
-
Marin
Raikov
(b. 1960)
Non-party
Walis (governors) of Vidin (Bdyn)
(subordinated to Wali of Rumelia to 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 (b. 1833 - d. 1900)
(1st time)(acting)
11 Jul 1877 - 19 Feb 1878 Prince Vladimir Aleksandrovich (b. 1824 - d. 1878)
Cherkasskiy
19 Feb 1878 - 20 May 1878 Dmitry Gavrilovich Anuchin (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
Imperial Russian Commissioner in Bulgaria
20 May 1878 - 6 Jul 1879 Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich (b. 1820 - d. 1893)
Chairmen of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee
(in Bucharest, Romania exile coordinating the Bulgarian revolution)
1870 - 1873 Lyuben Stoychev Karavelov (b. 1837 - d. 1879)
1873 - 1875 Hristo Botev (b. 1848 - d. 1876)
1875 Panayot Khitov (acting) (b. 1830 - d. 1918)
(after Khitov no chairman was elected)
1875 - 187. Members
(by the end of 1875 the Committee ceased to function)
- Dragoi Shopov
- Ivan Drasov (b. 1848 - d. 1901)
- Hristo Chobanov
- Dimitur Tsenovich (b. 1834 - d. 1915)
- Hristo Botev (s.a.)
Gyurgevo Bulgarian Revolutionary Committee (in Gyurgevo, Romania)
(founded as the 'Supreme Coordinating Committee')
1875 - 1876 Leaders
- Georgi Apostolov (d. 1876)
- Georgi Benkovski (b. 1843 - d. 1876)
(Gavril Gruev Hlatev)
- Ilarion Dragostinov (b. 1852 - d. 1876)
- Georgi Ikonomov (b. c.1848 - d. 1876)
- Georgi Izmirliev (b. 1851 - d. 1876)
- Hristo Karaminkov (b. c.1846 - d. 1892)
- Georgi T. Obretenov (b. af.1849 - d. 1876)
- Nikola T. Obretenov (b. 1849 - d. 1939)
- Nikola Angelov Slavkov (b. 1851 - d. 1936)
- Stepan Nikolov Stambolov (b. 1854 - d. 1895)
- Panayot Volov (b. 1847 - d. 1876)
- Stoyan Zaimov (b. 1853 - d. 1932)
Chairman Bulgarian Central Charitable Society
(leading Bulgarian revolutionary institution after 1876)
1876 - 1877 Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov (b. 1828 - d. 1911)
- Party abbreviations: BSP = Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiya (Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, ex-BKP, socialist, est.1990); BZNS = Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz (Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union, centerist, agrarian, est.1899); GREB = Grazhdani za Evropeysko Razvitie na Balgariya (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, center-right, est.2006); SDS = Sajuz na Demokraticnite Sili (Union of Democratic Forces, center-right, est.1989); Mil = Military;
- - Former parties: BKP =
Bulgarska Komunisticheska Partija (Bulgarian Communist
Party 1919-1990, communist –only legal party
1946-1990, banned 1923-1944; 1938-1948 named Bulgarian
Worker's Party [BWP]); Con = Konservativna
Partiya (Conservative Party, 1879-84); DP
= Demokraticeska Partija (Democratic Party,
liberal, 1896-1934); DS = Demokraticheski
Sgovor (Democratic Alliance, government party replaced
KB, 1923-1934); KB = Konstitucionni Blok
(Constitutional Block, democratic, to Nov/Dec 1923); NB
= Naroden Blok (People's Bloc, conservative coalition
of DP, BZNS, & Radical Democratic Party, 1931-34);
Lib = Liberalna Partija (Liberal
Party, 1879-96, renamed DP); LPR = Liberalna
Partiya - Radoslavisti (Liberal Party -"Radoslavists",
conservative, 1887-1920); NDSV = Nacionalno
Dvizenie Simeon Vtori (National
Movement Simeon II, renamed 2007 as Nacionalno
Dvizenie za Stabilnost i Vazhod [National
Movement for Stability and Progress], ex-King
Simeon II personalist, centerist, 2001-09); NLP =
Narodnoliberalna Partiya (People's Liberal Party,
conservative-liberal,
1886-1920); NP = Narodna Partiya (People's
Party, conservative,
est. by Stoilov, 1894-1901); NSM
= National Social Movement (nationalist, fascist,
1932-1945); OF
= Otechestvo Front (Fatherland Front,
anti-royal, anti-German, umbrella organization of BKP,
BZNS, NSZ and Social Democratic Party [SDP
Socialdemokraticheska Partija], 1942-46); PLP =
Progresivnoliberalna Partija (Progressive
Liberal Party, founded 1884-1920, as split from the
Lib); VS = Voenni Sajuz (Military Union,
1933-35); NSZ = Naroden Sajuz Zveno (Peoples'
League "Zveno", included all parties organizations
except communists, 1927-49)
Ottoman and Russian Residents 1885-1908
Ottoman Secretaries of Commissariat
c.1885 - Dec 1885 Nihad Pasha
Dec 1885 - 1888? Onik Effendi 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)
Chairman of the Allied Control Commission
28 Oct 1944 - 15 Sep 1947 Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin (s.a.)
(Soviet Union)
28 Oct 1944 - May 1947 Sergey Semyonovich Biriuzov (b. 1904 - d. 1964) (acting for Tolbukhin)
(Soviet Union)
May 1947 - 15 Sep 1947 Aleksandr Ivanovich Cherepanov (b. 1895 - d. 1984) (acting for Tolbukhin)(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.
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| Map of Eastern Rumelia | Capital: Filibe
(Plovdiv) |
Population: 1,100,000 (1900) |
Organic
Law (1879-1886; in Greek) |
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
136. -
1375
Lala Cahin(çahin) Pasha
(d. 1375)
1375 -
1390
Kara Timurtasch Pasha
(d. 1405)
1390 -
c.1396
Firuz Bey
c.1402
Saruca Pasha
1409 -
1410
Suleyman Celebi
1410 -
1412?
Musa Celebi
1412
Mihaloghlu Mehmed
(d. 1422)
1413 - 14..
Bayezid Pasha
c.1424
Sadibegzade
1425 -
1431
Sinaneddin Yusuf Pasha
1434
Sinan Pasha
1435 -
1437
Isa Bey
1437 - 1442?
Hadim Shehabeddin Sahin Pasha
1442? -
1443
Kasim Pasha
(d. 1443)
1443? - 1444?
Davud Bey
1444 -
1444
Mehmed (from 1444, Mehmed II)
1444/48
Turhan Bey
(d. 1456)
1449/53 - 1456
Dayi Karaça Bey
1456 -
1468
Mahmud Pasha Angelovich
1468 -
1473
Murat Pasha Paleologue
1474/75
Hadim Süleyman Pasha
1477 -
1483?
Dervish Koça Davud Pasha Arnavut
1480 -
1481
Evrenoszade Iskender Pasha
1481 -
1482
Yahia Pasha
1482? -
1485
Iskender Pasha
1485 -
bf.1492
Hadim Yakup Pasha
1493 - 149.
Mesih Ahmed Pasha
1495? -
1497
Yahia Pasha
1497 -
1498
Yakub Pasha
1498 -
c.1502
Koça Mustafa Pasha
c.1502 -
1504/5
Yahia Pasha
1505/6 - Dec
1506
Hasan Pasha (1s time)
c.1512
Yunus Pasha
(d. 1517)
c.1513
Ferhad Pasha
c.1514
Hasan Pasha (2nd time)
c.1516
Küçük Sinan Pasha
3 Feb 1517 -
1518
Mustafa Pasha
c.1519
Sadi Pasha
1520? - 1521?
Hain Ahmed Pasha
1522 - 152.
Mehmed Ayas Pasha
Jun 1523 - 152.
Pargali Ibrahim Pasha
1527
Kasim Pasha
c.1530
Kara Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1522)
c.1531 - Mar
1532
Behram Pasha
1533 - 153.
Güzelce Kasim Pasha
1534
Cendereli Isa Bey Pasha
1534? -
1535?
Deli Husrev Pasha
1536 - 153.
Lütfi Pasha
(d.
1563)
153. -
1538
Sofu Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1544)
1538 -
1541
Deli Hüsrev Pasha
1541 -
1547
Kara Ahmad Pasha
1547 -
1549
Semiz Ali Pasha
1549 - c.1555
Tavil Mehmed Pasha Sokollu
1555 - 155.
Pertev Pasha
1558 -
c.1563
Doganci Haci Ahmed Pasha
Jul 1563 -
156.
Hasan Pasha
1564 - 1565?
Shemsi Pasha
1565 -
156.
Semiz Ahmed Pasha
c.1567/8
Cafer Pasha
c.1569
Merdjiji Haydar Pasha
1570/1 -
157.
Enderuni Hasan Pasha
(d. 1574)
c.1572
Kanijeli Siyavush Pasha ?
c.1573
Lala Hüseyin Pasha
c.1576
Siyavush Pasha
157. -
1577
Sofu Mehmed Pasha
1578 -
1579
Mahmud Pasha
1579/80 - 1581?
Kanijeli Siyavush Pasha
1582
Hadim Cafer Pasha
1582 -
1582
Bosnavi Damad Ibrahim Pasha
1582 -
1583
Ferhad Pasha
Oct 1583 -
1584
Kalaylikoz Ali Pasha
Apr 1584 - 158.
Frenk Yusuf Pasha
(d. 1590)
c.1588
Hizir Pasha ?
158. - Apr
1589
Doganci Mehmed Pasha
1589 -
1592?
Hizir Pasha (or Haydar Pasha)
1590 - 159.
Damad Cafer Pasha
May 1591 - Jan 1593??
Hasan Pasha (1st time)
Jun 1592 -
1593
Mehmed Pasha
May 1593 - Aug
1594 Sinanzade
Mehmed Pasha Sokollu
Oct 1594 - Dec
1594 Hasan
Pasha (2nd time)
Mar 1595 - Nov
1596? Hasan Pasha
(3rd time)
Oct 1595 - 159.
Veli Pasha (1st time)
(d. 1599)
1596/7
Satirci Mehmed Pasha
1597 - 159.
Lala Mustafa Pasha
1597/8 - 1598/Apr 1599? Veli Pasha (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Aug 1598 - Nov
1599 Lala
Mehmed Pasha (1st time)
1600 -
1601
Lala Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)
160. -
1602
Hasan
Pasha
(d. 1602)
end 1602 - 1604?
Kuyuçu Murad Pasha
Jul 1604 - Dec
1604 Tiryaki
Hasan Pasha (1st time)
Dec 1604 - Jan 1605 Kara
Davud Pasha
(d. 1623)
Jan 1605 - 22 Mar 1605 Vezir Nakkash Hasan
Pasha
22 Mar 1605 - Feb 1606 Tiryaki Hasan
Pasha (2nd time)
1606
Deli Ferhad Pasha
1606 - Nov 1607
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha (3rd time)
1607/8 - 160.
Maryol Hüseyin Pasha
1607 -
160.
Ekmaçizade Edirneli Ahmet Pasha
160. -
1610
Kadizade Ali Pasha
1614 -
161.
Damad Ahmed Pasha (1st time)
1616 -
1617
Damad Ahmed Pasha (2nd time)
May 1617 - May
1618
Karabash/Sofu Mehmed Pasha
(or Köse
Sefer Pasha)
1618
Arslan Pasha
1618 -
1619
Dilaver Pasha
(d. 1622)
161. - 1621?
Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha
1621 -
162.
Bürsali Yusuf Pasha
1622
Ilyas Pasha
1622 -
162.
Vesir Kenaan Pasha
1623
Sühte Mustafa Pasha
May 1623 -
162.
Gürçü Mehmed Pasha
1627/8
Celebi Yusuf Pasha
1628/9
Deli Yusuf Pasha
1628/9 - Nov/Dec 1629 Manisali
Ebubekir Pasha
16.. - 1631?
Cevza Süleyman Pasha
Nov 1632 - Oct
1633 Vesir
Bairam Pasha
c.1634 -
c.1636
Tabanyasi Mehmed Pasha
Feb 1637 - Sep
1637
Nasuhpasazade Hüseyin Pasha
1637/8 -
1638/39
Ali Pasha
(d.
1638/39)
1640 -
c.1642
Vesir Ipshir Mustafa Pasha
1640/41 - 164.
Küçük Musa Pasha
c.1643
Vardar Ali Pasha
1643 - Jan 1644
Faiq Pasha
(b. 1573 - d. 1644)
Jan 1644 - Mar 1644
Vesir Osman Pasha
1644
Malatiyali Süleyman Pasha
1644
Kurshuncu Mehmed Pasha
1645 - 164.
Küçük Hasan Pasha
bf.1647
Cafer Pasha
1648 - 1649
Tekeli Mustafa Pasha
1649? -
1650
Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha
1650 - Dec 1650
Biyikli Mustafa Pasha
1651 - 1652
Tekeli Mustafa Pasha
Apr 1652 - 1652
Vesir Siyavush Pasha
1652 - Oct 1653
Melek Ahmed Pasha
c.165.
Musli Pasha
May 1656 - Dec 1656 Gurdji
Kenaan
Pasha
Dec 1656 - end 1657 Fazli
Pasha
c.1658
Mehmed Agha
3 Dec 1658 - 15 Mar 1659 Vesir Deli Hüseyin
1659 - c.1660
Hissim Mehmed Pasha
c.1660/61
Beyko Ali Pasha (1st time)
c.1662
Biyikli Mehmed Pasha
c.1663
Beyko Ali Pasha (2nd time)
1663/4 - 166.
Firari Kara Mustafa Pasha
Sep 1664 - 166.
Kara Mehmed Pasha
c.1663/4 - 166.
Küçük Mehmed Pasha
c.1666 - 1667
Pehlivan Mehmed Pasha
1667/8
Hasan Pasha
1667/8 - Aug 1668
Karakash Ali Pasha
Aug 1668 - 166.
Damad Hüseyin Pasha
May 1669 - June 1669
Koça Halil
Pasha
1671/2 - 167.
Seyidizade Mehmet Pasha
(1st
time)
1675 - c.1678
Nishli Doganci Ali
c.1678
Ayasli Nishanci Ismail Pasha
1678 - 16..
Seyidizade Mehmed Pasha
(2nd
time)
1681 - 1682?
Küçük Hasan Pasha
1682 - 1683?
Sheyhoglu Ali Pasha
1683 -
1684
Hodjazade Hasan Pasha
1684
Kadiköylü Mehmed
1685
Celebi
Ismail Pasha
1685
Gümrükçü Hüseyin Pasha
168. -
1688
Zain al Abidin Pasha
1688
Osmanpashaade Ahmed Pasha
1688
Yegen Osman Pasha
1688
Öküzoldürun Ahmed Pasha
1688
Kemankesh Ahmed Pasha
1689
Deli Veli Pasha
1689
Zurnapa Mustafa Pasha
1690
Arnavut Mustafa Pasha
1691
Arnavut Küçük Cafer Pasha
(d. 1697)
(1st
time)
1692
Arnavut Mahmud Pasha
1696
Arnavut Küçük Cafer Pasha
(s.a.)
(2nd
time)
1697
Arnavut Abdi Pasha
1700
Kaadilci Hüseyin Pasha
1702 - Nov 1704?
Hazinedar Ibrahim Pasha
1704
Eyup Pasha
1704/5 - 1706?
Izmirli Ali Pasha
May 1706 - Jun 1706
Dellak Ali Pasha
1706 - 1708?
Silihdar Ibrahim Pasha
1708 - 1709
Hasan Pasha
1709 - 1710
Abdurrahman Pasha
1710 - 1711
Mustafa Pasha
1711 - 1713
Hasan Pasha
1713
Hurshid Ahmed Pasha
1713 - 1716
Abdullah Pasha
1716
Osman Pasha
1716 - 1718
Ali Pasha
1718 - 1722
Abdullah Pasha
1722
Osman Pasha
1722 - 1724
Ali Pasha
1724 - 1727
Ahmed Pasha
1727 - 1728
Osman Pasha
1728 - 1729
Abdullah Pasha
1729 - 1730
Mehmed Reshid Pasha
1730 - 1731
Abdullah Pasha
1731
Hüseyin Pasha
1731 - 1734
Mehmed Pasha
1734 - 1738
Ahmed Pasha
1738
Ebubekir Pasha
1738 - 1739
Ahmed Pasha
1739 - 1743
Ali Pasha
1743 - 1744
Pir Mustafa Pasha
1744
Derya Ahmed Pasha
1744 - 1745
Mehmed Pasha
1745
Mustafa Pasha
1745 - 1747
Abdullah Pasha
1747 - 1750
Yahya Pasha
1750 - 1751
Ahmed Pasha
1751 - 1755
Ali Pasha
1755 - 1758
Ahmed Pasha
1758 - 1762
Mehmed Pasha
1762
Hamza Pasha
(b. 1727 - d. 1768)
1762 - 1764
Ali Pasha
1764 - 1765
Muhsin zade Mehmed Pasha
1756 - 1766
Köprülü zade Hacı Ahmed Pasha
1766
Mustafa Pasha
1766 - 1767
Mehmed Pasha
1767 - 1768
Yakovalı Ali Pasha
1768 - 1769
Mehmed Pasha
1769
Çarhaci Abdullah Pasha
1769 - 1775
Numan Pasha
1775
Gazi Osman Pasha
1775 - 1777
Dagistanli Ali Pasha
1777
Abdullah Pasha
1777 - 1780
Mehmed Pasha
1780 - 1782
Seyid Mustafa Pasha
1782 - 1784
Seyid Yegen Mehmed Pasha
1784 - 1787
Abdullah Pasha
1787
Ebubekir Pasha
1787 - 1788
Seyid Mehmed Pasha
1788 - 1789
Süleyman Fevzi Pasha
1789
Abdullah Pasha
1789 - 1790
Seyid Ahmed Pasha
1790
Zaim zade Mustafa Pasha
1790 - 1791
Mahmud Pasha
1791 - 1793
Aydoslu Mehmed Pasha
1793 - 1794
Ebubekir Pasha
1794 - 1795
Ibrahim Pasha
1795 - 1796
Seyid Mustafa Pasha
1796 - 1797
Haci Abdullah Pasha
1797 - 1798
Mehmed Hakki Pasha (1st
time) (d. 1796)
1798 - 1799
Haci Mustafa Pasha
1799 -
1801
Ali
Pasha
(b. 1741 - d. 1822)
1801 -
1802
Mehmed Hakki Pasha (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1802 - 1803
Tepedelenli Ali Pasha
1803
Mehmed Pasha
1803 - 1806
Ibrahim Pasha
1806 - 1807
Osman Pasha
1807 - 1813
Hurshid Ahmed Pasha
1813 - 1814
Marashli Ali Pasha (1st time)
(d.
1821)
1814 - 1815
Behram Pasha
1815 - 1818
Marashli Ali Pasha (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1818 - 1820
Selim Sırrı Pasha
1821 - 1821
Hüseyin Pasha
1821 - 1823
Seyid Hurshid Ahmed Pasha
1823
Celal Pasha
1823
Seyid Mehmed
Pasha
1823
Mahmud Hamdi Pasha
1823 - 1824
Dervish Mustafa Pasha
1824 - 1828
Mehmed Reshid Pasha
1828 - 1830
Mehmed Selim Pasha
(b. 1771 - d. 1831)
1830 - 183.
Hurshid Pasha
1832 - 1833
Mehmed Reshid
Pasha
1833 - 1834
Hüseyin
Pasha
1834 - 1836
Mahmud Hamdi Pasha
1836 - 1839
Ahmed Zekeriya Pasha
1839
Abdüllah Pasha
1839
Mehmed Hakkı Pasha
1839 - 1840
Ebubekir 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 - 19 May 1879 Arkady
Dmitriyevich
Stolypin (b. 1821 -
d. 1899)
Governors-general
(possibly with the Ottoman style Wali)
19 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. 1817 - 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 Secretaries of the Governors-general
1 Jun 1879 - 26 Apr 1884 Gavril Baev
Krustevich
(s.a.)
"Gavril Pasha"
26 Apr 1884 - 18 Sep 1885 Nacho Atanasov Nachev
(or Nachov) (b. 1853 - d. 1916)
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