The Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (Председател на Народното събрание на Република България, transliterated as Predsedatel na Narodnoto sabranie na Republika Balgariya) presides the Bulgarian Parliament. The chairperson's term coincides with the term of the assembly, and he or she is chosen by a vote during the opening session.

[edit] List

This is a list of all chairpersons of the National Assembly of Bulgaria from its establishment in 1879 until today.

National Assembly	Chairperson	Term
Constituent Assembly	Antim I	14 February 1879 – 16 April 1879
1st Grand National Assembly	Antim I	17 April 1879 – 26 June 1879
1st Ordinary National Assembly	Petko Karavelov	21 October 1879 – 24 November 1879
2nd Ordinary National Assembly	Petko Karavelov	23 March 1880 – 26 March 1880
2nd Ordinary National Assembly	Petko Slaveykov	26 March 1880 – 28 November 1880
2nd Ordinary National Assembly	Nikola Suknarov	29 November 1880 – 18 December 1880
2nd Grand National Assembly	Todor Ikonomov	1 July 1881
3rd Ordinary National Assembly	Bishop Simeon	11 December 1882 – 8 September 1883
3rd Ordinary National Assembly	Dimitar Grekov	9 September 1883 – 25 December 1883
4th Ordinary National Assembly	Petko Karavelov	27 June 1884 – 30 June 1884
4th Ordinary National Assembly	Stefan Stambolov	30 June 1884 – 26 August 1886
4th Ordinary National Assembly	Georgi Zhivkov	1 September 1886 – 6 September 1886
3rd Grand National Assembly	Georgi Zhivkov	19 October 1886 – 1 November 1886
3rd Grand National Assembly	Dimitar Tonchev	22 June 1887 – 3 August 1887
5th Ordinary National Assembly	Dimitar Tonchev	15 October 1887 – 12 December 1888
5th Ordinary National Assembly	Zahari Stoyanov	13 December 1888 – 6 September 1889
5th Ordinary National Assembly	Panayot Slavkov	22 October 1889 – 15 October 1890
6th Ordinary National Assembly	Panayot Slavkov	15 October 1890 – 12 December 1892
6th Ordinary National Assembly	Dimitar Petkov	14 December 1892 – 3 May 1893
4th Grand National Assembly	Dimitar Petkov	3 May 1893 – 17 May 1893
7th Ordinary National Assembly	Dimitar Petkov	15 October 1893 – 19 November 1893
7th Ordinary National Assembly	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
10th Ordinary National Assembly	Zhecho Bakalov	18 October 1899 – 29 September 1900
11th Ordinary National Assembly	Ivan Geshov	22 February 1901 – 25 October 1901
11th Ordinary National Assembly	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
13th Ordinary National Assembly	Todor Gatev	20 October 1904 – 18 December 1905
13th Ordinary National Assembly	Petar Gudev	17 October 1905 – 2 March 1907
13th Ordinary National Assembly	Dobri Petkov	5 March 1907 – 18 April 1908
14th Ordinary National Assembly	Hristo Slaveykov	15 June 1908 – 15 September 1910
14th Ordinary National Assembly	Petar Orahovats	15 October 1910 – 15 February 1911
5th Grand National Assembly	Stoyan Danev	9 June 1911 – 9 July 1911
15th Ordinary National Assembly	Stoyan Danev	15 October 1911 – 1 June 1913
15th Ordinary National Assembly	Ivan Geshov	26 June 1913 – 23 July 1913
16th Ordinary National Assembly	Dimitar Vachov	19 December 1913 – 31 December 1913
17th Ordinary National Assembly	Dimitar Vachov	20 March 1914 – 15 April 1919
18th Ordinary National Assembly	Naycho Tsanov	10 October 1919 [1]
18th Ordinary National Assembly	Nedyalko Atanasov	2 October 1919 – 20 February 1920
19th Ordinary National Assembly	Aleksandar Botev	15 April 1920 – 24 June 1921
19th Ordinary National Assembly	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
21st Ordinary National Assembly	Aleksandar Tsankov	5 January 1926 – 15 April 1927
22nd Ordinary National Assembly	Aleksandar Tsankov	19 June 1927 – 15 May 1930
22nd Ordinary National Assembly	Nikola Naydenov	21 May 1930 – 15 April 1931
23rd Ordinary National Assembly	Stefan Stefanov	20 August 1931 – 12 October 1931
23rd Ordinary National Assembly	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
25th Ordinary National Assembly	Hristo Kalfov	16 May 1941 – 23 August 1944
26th Ordinary National Assembly	Vasil Kolarov	15 December 1945 – 6 November 1946
6th Grand National Assembly	Vasil Kolarov	7 November 1946 – 21 October 1949
1st (27th) National Assembly	Ferdinand Kozovski	1 February 1950 – 2 December 1953
2nd (28th) National Assembly	Ferdinand Kozovski	14 January 1954 – 11 December 1957
3rd (29th) National Assembly	Ferdinand Kozovski	13 January 1958 – 4 November 1961
4th (30th) National Assembly	Ferdinand Kozovski	15 March 1962 – 12 September 1965
4th (30th) National Assembly	Sava Ganovski	6 December 1965 – 8 December 1965
4th (30th) National Assembly	Dimitar Ganev	15 March 1962 - 20 April 1964
4th (30th) National Assembly	Georgi Traykov	23 April 1964 - 10 March 1966
5th (31st) National Assembly	Sava Ganovski	11 March 1966 – 6 July 1971
6th (32nd) National Assembly	Georgi Traykov	7 July 1971 – 27 April 1972
6th (32nd) National Assembly	Vladimir Bonev	27 April 1972 – 9 March 1976
7th (33rd) National Assembly	Vladimir Bonev	15 June 1976 – 7 April 1981
8th (34th) National Assembly	Stanko Todorov	16 June 1981 – 21 March 1986
9th (35th) National Assembly	Stanko Todorov	17 June 1986 – 3 April 1990
7th Grand National Assembly	Nikolay Todorov	17 July 1990 – 2 October 1991 [2]
36th National Assembly	Stefan Savov	4 November 1991 – 24 September 1992
36th National Assembly	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
39th National Assembly	Borislav Velikov	23 February 2005 - 17 June 2005
40th National Assembly	Georgi Pirinski	11 July 2005 - 25 June 2009
41th National Assembly	Tsetska Tsacheva	14 July 2009 - incumbent

1. ^ Naycho Tsanov retired for political reasons on 10 October 1919, his duties being done by vice-chairman Nedyalko Atanasov.
2. ^ 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.

[edit] See also

• History of Bulgaria
• Politics of Bulgaria