Vice President of Bulgaria

The vice president of the Republic of Bulgaria is the principal assistant to the president of Bulgaria and the first in the line of succession to the presidency. It is the only active vice presidential office in the European Union.
The vice president is elected by popular vote every five years alongside the president. The most recent election took place in 2021. The office has been vacant since 23 January 2026, when Iliana Iotova succeeded to the presidency upon the resignation of Rumen Radev.

Role

The primary role of the vice president is to assume the duties of the president in case of the president's death, resignation, removal from office or other incapacity. The vice president is also tasked with assisting the president in exercising official functions. The Constitution explicitly allows the president to delegate several functions including: the appointment and removal of state officials, grant and remove Bulgarian citizenship and asylum, and exercise clemency.

List of vice presidents (1990–present)

Elected by parliament, 1990–1992

The following vice presidents were elected by the parliament.

Directly elected, 1992–present

The following vice-presidents were elected by the people.