Rulers of Bulgaria

The following is a list of the men who have ruled Bulgaria. The list leaves off after the fall of the communist regime and the institution of democratic reforms.

• Khan Kubrat (632-651)
• Khan Asparoukh (681-700)
• Khan Tervel (700-721)
• Khan Kardam (777-803)
• Khan Krum (803-814)
• Khan Omurtag (814-831)
• Khan Malamir (831-836)
• Khan Pressian (836-852)
• Boris I (852-889)
• Tsar Simeon the Great (893-923)
• Tsar Peter I (927-970)
• Tsar Samuil (997-1014)
• Tsar Peter II and Tsar Assen I (1185-1197)
• Tsar Kaloyan (1197-1207)
• Tsar Ivan Assen II (1218-1241)
• Tsar Ivailo (1278-1280)
• Tsar Todor Svetoslav (1300-1321)
• Tsar Mihail Shishman (1323-1330)
• Tsar Ivan Alexander (1331-1371)
• Tsar Ivan Shishman (1371-1395)
• Tsar Ivan Sratsimir (1356-1396)
• Prince Alexander I (1879-1886)
• Stefan Stambolov (1887-1894)
• Tsar Ferdinand (1887-1918)
• Alexander Stamboliyski (1919-1923)
• Tsar Boris III (1918-1943)
• Georgi Dimitrov (1946-1949)
• Vulko Chervenkov (1950-1956)
• Todor Zhivkov (1956-1989)
• Zhelyu Zhelev (1990-1996)

See Also: The Name List of Bulgarian Khans, Bulgarian History and Spiritual Leaders of Bulgaria