List of mayors of Sofia
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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 Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, the capital of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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, 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.
Initially, the mayors of Sofia were assigned by the provisional Russia
Russia
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n government. After the newly restored Bulgarian state was already functioning on its own, in the end of 1878, mayors were chosen by the municipal council. Until 1944, the mayor (with the official title of "Chairman of the City Administrative Council") was appointed through a Tsar's decree after a candidate was suggested by the Minister of Internal Affairs. After that date, the mayor (officially "Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Sofia City (later Capital) People's Council") was formally chosen by the municipal councillors, albeit after being specified by the Bulgarian Communist Party
Bulgarian Communist Party
The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
management.
Since the democratic changes and the 7th Grand National Assembly
National Assembly of Bulgaria
The National Assembly of Bulgaria is the unicameral parliament and body of the legislative of the Republic of Bulgaria.The National Assembly of Bulgaria was established in 1879 with the Constitution of Bulgaria.-Ordinary National Assembly:...
in 1990 that led to the appointment of an interim mayor (Green Party of Bulgaria
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leader Aleksandar Karakachanov), the residents of Sofia received the right to chose their mayor, the first democratically elected
Election
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one being Aleksandar Yanchulev on 13 October 1991.
List
| No. | from | until | mayor (кмет, kmet) | notes |
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| 1 | 10 February 1878 | 8 June 1878 | Manolaki Tashev | first mayor; assigned by the provisional Russian government; died from cancer Cancer Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the... |
| 2 | 9 June 1878 | 1 August 1878 | Dimitar Hadzhikotsev | |
| 3 | 2 August 1878 | 29 December 1878 | Dimitar Dimov Dimitar Dimov Dimitar Todorov Dimov was a Bulgarian dramatist, novelist, and veterinary surgeon.Born in Lovech, he is best known for his best-selling novel Tobacco , which was made into the 1962 film Tobacco, directed by Nikola Korabov... |
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| 4 | 30 December 1878 | 13 September 1879 | Todoraki Peshev | |
| 5 | 14 September 1879 | 30 June 1890 | Dimitar Traykovich | |
| 6 | 1 July 1880 | 30 December 1880 | Todor Ikonomov | |
| 7 | 15 February 1881 | 30 September 1881 | Nikola Daskalov | |
| 8 | 1 October 1881 | 29 April 1883 | Ivan Hadzhienov | |
| 9 | 30 April 1883 | 27 December 1883 | Nikola Suknarov | |
| 10 | 28 December 1883 | 9 May 1884 | Dimitar Hadzhikotsev | |
| 11 | 10 May 1884 | 24 August 1885 | Todoraki Peshev | 2nd inconsecutive term |
| 12 | 25 August 1885 | 19 October 1886 | Ivan Slaveykov | |
| 13 | 20 October 1886 | 1 November 1887 | Yosif Kovachev | |
| 14 | 21 November 1887 | 31 August 1888 | Nikola Daskalov | 2nd inconsecutive term |
| 15 | 1 September 1888 | 7 October 1893 | Dimitar Petkov Dimitar Petkov Dimitar Nikolov Petkov was a leading member of the Bulgarian People's Liberal Party and the country's Prime Minister from November 5, 1906 until he was assassinated in Sofia the following year.... |
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| 16 | 18 October 1893 | 31 May 1894 | Hristo Blagoev | |
| 17 | 16 July 1894 | 15 July 1895 | Ivan Grozev | |
| 18 | 16 July 1895 | 30 September 1896 | Dr. Dimitar Mollov | |
| 19 | 1 October 1896 | 7 April 1897 | Grigor Nachovich Grigor Nachovich Grigor Dimitrov Nachovich was a Bulgarian politician and diplomat. One of the early leaders of the Conservative Party and the country's first Minister of Finance, he served as a minister in a number of Bulgarian governments from the late 1879 to 1900, and was also mayor of Sofia in... |
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| 20 | 8 April 1897 | 11 April 1899 | Dimitar Yablanski | |
| 21 | 12 April 1899 | 4 January 1901 | Hristo Popov | |
| 22 | 4 April 1901 | 23 September 1903 | Petar Chernev | |
| 23 | 2 March 1904 | 7 July 1905 | Petko Nikolov | |
| 24 | 8 July 1905 | 21 March 1908 | Martin Todorov | |
| 25 | 22 March 1908 | 31 March 1908 | Dr. Georgi Sarafov | shortest term, 9 days |
| 26 | 1 April 1908 | 31 July 1908 | Atanas Hranov | |
| 27 | 1 August 1908 | 18 October 1910 | Evstati Kirkov | |
| 28 | 1 November 1910 | 17 August 1911 | Konstantin Batolov | |
| 29 | 27 September 1911 | 22 May 1912 | Haralampi Karastoyanov | |
| 30 | 23 May 1912 | 11 February 1914 | Ivan Geshov | |
| 31 | 12 February 1914 | 18 March 1915 | Petko Todorov | |
| 32 | 23 June 1915 | 11 August 1918 | Radi Radev | |
| 33 | 12 September 1918 | 5 September 1920 | Dr. Georgi Kalinkov | |
| 34 | 6 September 1920 | 8 June 1922 | Konstantin Batolov | 2nd inconsecutive term |
| 35 | 8 June 1922 | 9 June 1923 | Krum Popov | shot during a coup |
| 36 | 10 June 1923 | 13 July 1924 | Ivan Ploshtakov Ivan Ploshtakov Ivan Ploshtakov is a Bulgarian footballer, who plays for Botev Plovdiv as a forward.-References:... |
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| 37 | 14 July 1924 | 16 April 1925 | Paskal Paskalev | killed in the St Nedelya Church bomb attack |
| 38 | 10 June 1925 | 13 November 1925 | Georgi Madzharov | shot on the street by a dismissed director |
| 39 | 7 April 1926 | 14 March 1932 | Gen. Vladimir Vazov Vladimir Vazov Vladimir Minchev Vazov was a Bulgarian officer. He led the Bulgarian forces during the successful defensive operation at Dojran during the First World War.-Biography:... |
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| 40 | 14 March 1932 | 20 February 1933 | Boyan Nachov | |
| 41 | 20 February 1933 | 25 May 1934 | Dr. Haralampi Oroshakov | |
| 42 | 25 May 1934 | 9 September 1944 | Ivan Ivanov Ivan Ivanov (mayor) Ivan Ivanov, was a Bulgarian engineer and mayor of Sofia in the period 25 May 1934 - 9 September 1944. He was born in Sliven. He has studied in Stara Zagora, the Military school of Sofia, and in 1915 he graduated civil engineering in Munich, Germany.During World War I he headed a railroad... |
longest term |
| 43 | 10 September 1944 | 19 September 1944 | Petar Slavinski | shortest term, 9 days |
| 44 | 23 September 1944 | 22 March 1945 | Prof. Aleksi Kvartirnikov | |
| 45 | 22 March 1945 | 29 October 1945 | Nikola Bronzov | |
| 46 | 1 November 1945 | 2 March 1948 | Slavcho Stoilov | |
| 47 | 2 March 1948 | 27 May 1949 | Prof. Dobri Radistilov | |
| 48 | 27 May 1949 | 1 November 1949 | Todor Zhivkov Todor Zhivkov Todor Khristov Zhivkov was a communist politician and leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from March 4, 1954 until November 10, 1989.... |
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| 49 | 1 November 1949 | 22 December 1952 | Dr. Ivan Pashov | |
| 50 | 22 December 1952 | 7 September 1961 | Dimitar Popov | |
| 51 | 7 September 1961 | 20 September 1967 | Georgi Petkov | |
| 52 | 20 September 1967 | 11 November 1971 | Georgi Stoilov | |
| 53 | 11 November 1971 | 5 December 1977 | Ivan Panev | |
| 54 | 7 March 1978 | 15 April 1986 | Petar Mezhdurechki | |
| 55 | 15 April 1986 | 27 July 1990 | Stefan Ninov | |
| 56 | 17 October 1990 | 20 October 1991 | Aleksandar Karakachanov | interim; Union of Democratic Forces Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name... |
| 57 | 21 October 1991 | 1995 | Prof. Aleksandar Yanchulev | first elected Election An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the... mayor; Union of Democratic Forces |
| 58 | 19 November 1995 | 29 June 2005 | Stefan Sofiyanski Stefan Sofiyanski Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski has been a leading member of the Union of Democratic Forces in Bulgaria. He served as interim Prime Minister in 1997 and was a three term Mayor of Sofia.... |
Union of Democratic Forces and Union of Free Democrats Union of Free Democrats The Union of Free Democrats is a conservative political party in Bulgaria, led by Stefan Sofiyanski. It contested the 2001 elections as part of the United Democratic Forces electoral alliance, which picked up 51 of 240 seats... |
| 59 | 30 June 2005 | 9 November 2005 | Minko Gerdzhikov | interim |
| 60 | 10 November 2005 | 29 July 2009 | Gen. Boyko Borisov Boyko Borisov Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who has been Prime Minister of Bulgaria since July 2009. Previously he was Mayor of Sofia from 8 November 2005 until his election as Prime Minister.... |
independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... and GERB Gerb A gerb is a type of firework which produces a jet of sparks, usually lasting between 15 and 60 seconds. It is a thick-walled tube filled with pyrotechnic composition and possessing a choke, which is a narrowing in the tube... |
| 61 | 29 July 2009 | 23 November 2009 | Minko Gerdzhikov | interim; GERB |
| 62 | 23 November 2009 | 6 October 2011 | Yordanka Fandakova Yordanka Fandakova Yordanka Asenova Fandakova is a Bulgarian politician and Mayor of Sofia. She is the first woman to hold this position. She was elected on 15 November 2009, after defeating the Socialist's Party contender Georgi Kadiev.... |
first woman mayor; GERB |
| 63 | 6 October 2011 | 8 November 2011 | Maria Boyadzhiyska | interim; GERB |
| 64 | 8 November 2011 | Yordanka Fandakova Yordanka Fandakova Yordanka Asenova Fandakova is a Bulgarian politician and Mayor of Sofia. She is the first woman to hold this position. She was elected on 15 November 2009, after defeating the Socialist's Party contender Georgi Kadiev.... |
GERB; 2nd consecutive term |