President of Bulgaria

President of Bulgaria Президент на България
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Bulgaria
File:Reuven Rivlin March 2018 (8750) (cropped).jpg Incumbent Rumen Radev since 22 January 2017
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Largo, Sofia
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Petar Mladenov as Chairman (President) of the Republic Zhelyu Zhelev
Formation	3 April 1990
Deputy	Vice President of Bulgaria
Salary	€35,412(~US$42,000) annual
Website	www.president.bg

The President of the Republic of Bulgaria is the head of state of Bulgaria and the commander-in-chief of the Military of Bulgaria. The official residence of the President is at Boyana Residence, Sofia.

Bulgarian presidential line of succession

• 1. Vice President of Bulgaria
• 2. Chairman of the National Assembly

Living former presidents

There are three living former Bulgarian Presidents:

• Petar Stoyanov (age 73) since 2002
  Petar Stoyanov (age 73)
  since 2002
• Georgi Parvanov (age 67) since 2012
  Georgi Parvanov (age 67)
  since 2012
• Rosen Plevneliev (age 61) since 2017
  Rosen Plevneliev (age 61)
  since 2017

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