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{{Short description|Head of government of Bulgaria}}
{{for|a list|List of heads of government of Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Prime Minister
| body = the Republic of Bulgaria
| insignia = Coat of arms of Bulgaria.svg
| insigniasize = 125px
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Bulgaria]]
| image = Rosen Zhelyazkov 2025 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Rosen Zhelyazkov]]
| incumbentsince = 16 January 2025
| member_of = [[European Council]]
| appointer = [[National Assembly of Bulgaria]]
| termlength = 4 years, renewable 
| deputy = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria]]
| unofficial_names = Premier of Bulgaria
| first = [[Todor Burmov]]
| formation = 16 April 1879
| seat = [[Largo, Sofia|The Largo]],<br>[[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]
| salary = 12,201 [[Bulgarian lev|BGN]]<br>([[Euro|€]]6,238) per month
| website = {{URL|www.government.bg}}
| native_name = {{Nobold|Министър-председател на Република България}}
}}
{{Politics of Bulgaria}}

The '''Prime Minister of Bulgaria''' ({{langx|bg|Министър-председател на България}}) is the [[head of government]] of [[Bulgaria]]. They are oftentimes the leader of a [[Political alliance|political coalition]] in the Bulgarian [[parliament]], known as the [[National Assembly (Bulgaria)|National Assembly]], and the leader of the [[Government of Bulgaria|cabinet]]. At times, the Prime Minister has been appointed by the [[President of Bulgaria]], in order to lead a [[caretaker government]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2022 |title=Bulgaria President Appoints Social Policy Advisor Interim PM |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/08/01/bulgaria-president-appoints-social-policy-advisor-interim-pm/ |access-date=2023-02-22|website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US}}</ref> The current Prime Minister is [[Rosen Zhelyazkov]], who has served since 16 January 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=НАРОДНО СЪБРАНИЕ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ |url=https://www.parliament.bg/bg/const}}</ref>

== Living former prime ministers ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name!!Mandate!!Date of birth
|-
|[[Philip Dimitrov]]
|1991 – 1992
|{{Date of birth and age|1955|3|31}}
|-
|[[Reneta Indzhova]]
|1994 – 1995
|{{Date of birth and age|1953|7|6}}
|-
|[[Zhan Videnov]]
|1995 – 1997
|{{Date of birth and age|1959|3|22}}
|-
|[[Stefan Sofiyanski]]
|1997
|{{Date of birth and age|1951|11|7}}
|-
|[[Ivan Kostov]]
|1997 – 2001
|{{Date of birth and age|1949|12|23}}
|-
|[[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Simeon Sakskoburggotski]]
|2001 – 2005
|{{Date of birth and age|1937|6|16}}
|-
|[[Sergey Stanishev]]
|2005 – 2009
|{{Date of birth and age|1966|5|5}}
|-
|[[Boyko Borisov]]
|2009 – 2013<br>2014 – 2017<br>2017 – 2021
|{{Date of birth and age|1959|6|13}}
|-
|[[Marin Raykov]]
|2013
|{{Date of birth and age|1960|12|17}}
|-
|[[Plamen Oresharski]]
|2013 – 2014
|{{Date of birth and age|1960|2|21}}
|-
|[[Georgi Bliznashki]]
|2014
|{{Date of birth and age|1956|10|4}}
|-
|[[Ognyan Gerdzhikov]]
|2017
|{{Date of birth and age|1946|3|19}}
|-
|[[Stefan Yanev]]
|2021
|{{Date of birth and age|1960|3|1}}
|-
|[[Kiril Petkov]]
|2021 – 2022
|{{Date of birth and age|1980|4|17}}
|-
|[[Galab Donev]]
|2022 – 2023
|{{Date of birth and age|1967|2|28}}
|-
|[[Nikolay Denkov]]
|2023 – 2024
|{{Date of birth and age|1962|9|3}}
|-
|[[Dimitar Glavchev]]
|2024 – 2025
|{{Date of birth and age|1963|8|15}}
|}

The most recent death of a former prime minister was that of [[Georgi Atanasov (politician)|Georgi Atanasov]] (1986 – 1990), who died on March 31, 2022 at the age of 88.

==See also==
* [[Government of Bulgaria]]
* [[History of Bulgaria]]
* [[Politics of Bulgaria]]
* [[List of Bulgarian monarchs]]
* [[President of Bulgaria]]
* [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria]]
* [[List of presidents of Bulgaria (1990–present)]]

== See also ==
* [[Government of Bulgaria]]
* [[History of Bulgaria]]
* [[Politics of Bulgaria]]
* [[List of Bulgarian monarchs]]
* [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria]]
* [[List of presidents of Bulgaria (1990–present)]]
* [[List of heads of government of Bulgaria]]

==References==
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{{Bulgaria topics}}
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{{Europe heads of state and government}}
{{European Council}}
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[[Category:Prime ministers of Bulgaria| ]]
[[Category:1879 establishments in Bulgaria]]