First Lady of Bulgaria

First Lady of Bulgaria
Coat of arms of Bulgaria
Incumbent Desislava Radeva[1] since 22 January 2017
Residence	Largo, Sofia
Term length	Concurrent with the president's term (unless a divorce or death takes place)
Inaugural holder	Mariya Zheleva
Formation	17 November 1989

First Lady of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Първа дама на България, romanized: Parva dama na Balgariya) is an unofficial honorific applied to the wife of the president of Bulgaria. Officially, her term as first lady is concurrent with her husband's term in office. The first lady often accompanies the head of state during state visits and official functions. The title of First Lady was first used in Bulgaria in the early 1990s, following the example of the United States.^[2]

The current first lady is Desislava Radeva, the wife of the 5th president of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev. At present, have been five first ladies of the Republic of Bulgaria, including Radeva.^[3][4]

Spouses of the general secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party

• Roza Yulievna – (27 December 1948 – 2 July 1949)
• Elena Dimitrova – (15 July 1949 – 26 January 1954)
• Mara Maleeva-Zhivkova – (4 March 1954 – 23 October 1971)
• Position Vacant – (23 October 1971 – 10 November 1989)
• Galya Mladenova (10 November 1989 – 2 February 1990)

List of first ladies

Image	Name	Term	President
	Maria Zheleva[5]	1 August 1990 – 22 January 1997	Zhelyu Zhelev
	Antonina Stoyanova	22 January 1997 – 22 January 2002	Petar Stoyanov
	Zorka Parvanova	22 January 2002 – 22 January 2012	Georgi Parvanov
	Yuliyana Plevnelieva[6]	22 January 2012 – 22 January 2017	Rosen Plevneliev
	Desislava Radeva[7]	22 January 2017 – present	Rumen Radev

References

1. "Новата първа дама: Коя е жената до Румен Радев?". nova.bg. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
2. Klisurova, Lilyana (2018-12-01). "Особености на първата дама". 24 Chasa. Archived from the original on 2018-12-02. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
3. "Особености на първата дама".
4. "Lex.bg - Закони, правилници, конституция, кодекси, държавен вестник, правилници по прилагане". www.lex.bg. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
5. ""Първата дама Галя Младенова не иска да е главен редактор"". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
6. "Юлияна Плевнелиева - KARIERI.bg". www.karieri.bg. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
7. "Как се промени стилът на първата дама Десислава Радева за две години (СНИМКИ)".