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1 Heads of State

1.1 Chairman of the Provisional Presidency, 1946-1947

• Vasil Kolarov 15 September 1946 - 9 December 1947

1.2 Chairmen of the Presidium of the National Assembly, 1947-1971

• Mincho Neychev 9 December 1947 - 27 May 1950
• Georgi Damyanov 27 May 1950 - 27 November 1958
• Dimitur Vurbanov 30 November 1958 - 20 April 1964
• Georgi Girovski 23 April 1964 - 7 July 1971

1.3 Chairmen of the State Council, 1971-1990

• Todor ZhivkovTodor Khristov Zhivkov ( Cyrillic: To Xpco ( September 7, 1911 August 5, 1998) was the leader of Bulgaria (as First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party) from March 4, 1954 until he was ousted by the party on November 10, 1989. He was the longest se 7 July 1971 - 17 November 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra
• Petur Mladenov 17 November 1989 - 3 April 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo

1.4 Presidents, 1990-present

• Petur Mladenov 3 April - 6 July 1990
• Stanko Georgiev (acting) 6 - 17 July 1990
• Nikolay Todorov (acting) 17 July - 1 August 1990
• Zhelyu Zhelev 1 August 1990 - 22 January 1997
• Petur Stoyanov 22 January 1997 - 22 January 2002
• Georgi Purvanov 22 January 2002 -

2 General Secretaries of the Bulgarian Communist Party, 1948-1990

• Georgi Dimitrov 11 August 1948 - 2 July 1949
• Vulko Chervenkov 2 July 1949 - 4 March 1954
• Todor Zhivkov 4 March 1954 - 10 November 1989
• Petur Mladenov 10 November 1989 - 2 February 1990