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The Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria is a position established by the Constitution of Bulgaria

Constitution of Bulgaria

The Constitution of Bulgaria is the supreme and basic law of the Republic of Bulgaria. The current constitution was adopted on 12 July 1991 by the 7th Grand National Assembly of Bulgaria, and defines the country as a unitary parliamentary republic...

and the only vice presidential office in Europe.

The Vice President is elected in a popular vote, along with the President. Candidates for President and Vice President run on their party ticket, and is prohibited from serving in any other post upon election.

According to the constitution, the Vice President shall be principal assistant to the President in his/her official duties.

http://www.parliament.bg/?page=const&lng=en

Vice President of Bulgaria, 1990-1992

Elected by the parliament.

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	President
Atanas Semerdzhiev	1 August 1990	22 January 1992	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...	Zhelyu Zhelev Zhelyu Zhelev Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev is a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who was the first democratically elected President of Bulgaria, he is elected for his first mandate by the Parliament for the period 1990 to 1992, in January 1992 general elections are held when he is reelected for his second...

Vice President of Bulgaria, 1992-present

Elected by the people.

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	President
Blaga Dimitrova Blaga Dimitrova Blaga Nikolova Dimitrova was a Bulgarian poetess and Vice President of Bulgaria from 1992 until 1993.-Life:...	22 January 1992	6 July 1993	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...	Zhelyu Zhelev Zhelyu Zhelev Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev is a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who was the first democratically elected President of Bulgaria, he is elected for his first mandate by the Parliament for the period 1990 to 1992, in January 1992 general elections are held when he is reelected for his second...
Todor Kavaldzhiev Todor Kavaldzhiev Todor Kavaldjiev was Vice President of Bulgaria from 1997 until 2002.-References:...	22 January 1997	22 January 2002	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...	Petar Stoyanov Petar Stoyanov Petar Stefanov Stoyanov is a former President of Bulgaria from 1997 until 2002. He was elected as a candidate of the Union of Democratic Forces...
Angel Marin Angel Marin Angel Marin is Vice President of Bulgaria. He took this office in 2002 together with president Georgi Parvanov. They retained their positions in 2007....	22 January 2002	22 January 2012	Bulgarian Socialist Party Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party is social-democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International, and is currently led by Sergei Stanishev....	Georgi Parvanov Georgi Parvanov Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov is a President of Bulgaria, whose second and last mandate expires on January 22, 2012; he was elected after defeating his predecessor Petar Stoyanov in the second round of the presidential elections in November 2001 and he came into office on January 22, 2002...
Margarita Popova Margarita Popova Margarita Stefanova Popova is Bulgarian jurist, prosecutor, educator and former Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Boyko Borisov...	22 January 2012	Incumbent	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria , abbreviated GERB , is a Bulgarian centre-right political party established on March 13 2006. It has been Bulgaria's ruling party since 2009....	Rosen Plevneliev Rosen Plevneliev Rosen Plevneliev is a Bulgarian politician. He was Minister of Regional Development and Public Works from 2009 to 2011 as part of the cabinet of Boyko Borisov...

Vice President of Bulgaria, 1990-1992

Vice President of Bulgaria, 1992-present

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