List of mayors of Plovdiv
Encyclopedia
This is a chronological list of mayor
s of Plovdiv
, the second largest city of Bulgaria
, since that post was established after the Liberation of Bulgaria
in 1878.
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
s of Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, the second largest city of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, since that post was established after the Liberation of Bulgaria
Liberation of Bulgaria
In Bulgarian historiography, the term Liberation of Bulgaria is used to denote the events of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 that led to the re-establishment of Bulgarian state with the Treaty of San Stefano of March 3, 1878, after the complete conquest of the Second Bulgarian Empire, which...
in 1878.
| mandate | mayor |
|---|---|
| 1878 | Atanas Samokovliev |
| 1878-1880 | Kostaki Peev |
| 1880-1883 | Ivan Geshov |
| 1884-1887 | Kostaki Peev (2nd inconsecutive term) |
| 1883-1884 | Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov Petko Karavelov was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on four occasions.... |
| 1887-1890 | Hristo Dyukmedzhiev |
| 1890-1893 | Dimitar Sveshtarov |
| 1893 | Konstantin Hadzhikalchov |
| 1893-1894 | Mancho Manev |
| 1894 | Mihail Madzharov |
| 1894-1897 | Danail Yurukov |
| 1897-1899 | Hristo G. Danov Hristo G. Danov Hristo Gruev Danov was a Bulgarian enlightener, teacher and book publisher of the Bulgarian National Revival who is regarded as the father of organized book publishing in the Bulgarian lands and hailed as the "Bulgarian Gutenberg"... |
| 1899-1901 | Nikola Chalakov |
| 1901 | Dragan Manchov |
| 1901-1902 | Hristo Tanchev |
| 1902-1903 | Georgi Dzhevizov |
| 1903-1905 | Hristo Milev |
| 1905-1906 | Nikola Chalakov (2nd inconsecutive term) |
| 1906-1908 | Valko Shopov |
| 1908-1912 | Dr. Ivan Kesyakov |
| 1912-1914 | Nikola Kozarev |
| 1914-1918 | Denyu Manev |
| 1918-1919 | Milosh Danov |
| 1919 | Stefan Gevgalov |
| 1919 | Hristo Pavlov |
| 1919 | Hariton Kuev |
| 1919-1920 | Nikola Galabov |
| 1920-1921 | Petar Shilev |
| 1921-1922 | Dr. Ivan Kesyakov (2nd inconsecutive term) |
| 1922-1923 | Petar Yanakov |
| 1923-1927 | Petar Drenski |
| 1927-1928 | Dr. Panayot Kostov |
| 1928-1929 | Milosh Danov (2nd inconsecutive term) |
| 1929-1932 | Enyu Manolov |
| 1932-1935 | Bozhidar Zdravkov |
| 1935-1936 | Georgi Todorov |
| 1936-1939 | Bozhidar Zdravkov (2nd inconsecutive term) |
| 1939-1943 | Petar Malchev |
| 1943-1944 | Dimitar Kostov |
| 1944-1945 | Asen Kozhuharov |
| 1945-1949 | Ivan Perpeliev |
| 1949-1959 | Nikola Balkandzhiev |
| 1959-1963 | Atanas Kostov |
| 1963-1965 | Ivan Dimitrov |
| 1965-1968 | Ivan Panev |
| 1968-1971 | Kosta Kumanov |
| 1971-1979 | Diran Parikyan |
| 1979-1986 | Hristo Mishev |
| 1986-1988 | Dimitar Bakalov |
| 1988-1990 | Todor Petkov |
| 1990-1991 | Nikolay Somlev |
| 1991-1995 | Dr. Garabed Tomasyan |
| 1995-1999 | Spas Garnevski |
| 1999-2007 | Ivan Chomakov Ivan Chomakov Dr. Ivan Chomakov was the mayor of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria from 1999 to 2007.Before entering political office, Chomakov was an assistant professor of anaesthesiology.... |
| 2007-incumbent | Slavcho Atanasov Slavcho Atanasov Slavcho Atanasov is a Bulgarian politician, member of IMRO-BNM and mayor of Plovdiv .He was born on 14 February 1968 in Karlovo. In 2003 he was elected a mayor of Plovdiv's largest district Trakiya.... |