City governance

Every mayor of Plovdiv

A complete chronology of mayoral terms from the first post-Liberation mayor in 1878 to the incumbent mayor in 2026.

The base is Plovdiv Municipality's official “Mayors of Plovdiv” page. The incumbent term is added from Bulgaria's Administrative Register because the municipal historical list still stops at the 2019-2023 term.

68mayoral terms
59different people
149years covered
Kostadin Dimitrovincumbent mayor

Connections between the mayors

Which mayors served more than once and which are related by family.

Multi-term mayors

Families & dynasties

  • Христо Г. Данов — Милош Данов father & son

The historical portraits are in the public domain.

Where the mayors were born

The birthplaces of the documented mayors, mapped. Click a point to see the names.

30 birth towns 3 countries

Birthplaces by number of mayors

  • Plovdiv 21
  • Koprivshtitsa 3
  • Karlovo 3
  • Batak 2
  • Panagyurishte 2
  • Bratsigovo 2
  • Samokov 1
  • Asenovgrad 1
  • Dupnitsa 1
  • Klisura 1
  • Shipka 1
  • Merichleri 1
  • Rozovets 1
  • Stara Zagora 1
  • Kazanlak 1
  • Byala cherkva 1
  • Galabovo 1
  • Osoitsa 1
  • Saedinenie 1
  • Tyurkmen 1
  • Krystallopigi 1
  • Parvomay 1
  • Pirot 1
  • Pazardzhik 1
  • Svishtov 1
  • Chirpan 1
  • Gorno Belevo 1
  • Manolovo 1
  • Polykastro 1
  • Smolyan 1

Scrollable timeline

Scroll horizontally to move through every term. The detailed list below remains filterable.

1 Atanas Samokovliev 1878-1878 2 Kostaki Peev 1878-1880 3 Ivan Stefanov Geshov 1880-1883 4 Dr. Sotir Antoniadi 1883-1883 5 Petko Karavelov 1883-1884 6 Hafuz Ahmed Efendi 1884-1884 7 Kostaki Peev 1884-1887 8 Hristo Dyukmedzhiev 1887-1890 9 Dimitar Sveshtarov 1890-1893 10 Stefan Kalchev 1893-1893 11 Angel Semerdzhiev 1893-1893 12 Konstantin Hadzhikalchov 1893-1893 13 Mancho Manev 1893-1894 14 Nikola Chalakov 1894-1894 15 Mihail Madzharov 1894-1894 16 Danail Yurukov 1894-1896 17 Hristo G. Danov 1896-1899 18 Nikola Chalakov 1899-1901 19 Dragan Manchov 1901-1901 20 Dr. Hristo Tanchev 1901-1902 21 Georgi Dzhevizov 1902-1903 22 Hristo Milev 1903-1905 23 Nikola Chalakov 1905-1906 24 Valko Shopov 1906-1908 25 Dr. Ivan Kesyakov 1908-1912 26 Georgi Dzhevizov 1912-1912 27 Nikola Kozarev 1912-1914 28 Denyo Manev 1914-1918 29 Milosh Danov 1918-1919 30 Stefan Gevgalov 1919-1919 31 Hristo Pavlov 1919-1919 32 Hariton Kuev 1919-1919 33 Nikola Galabov 1919-1920 34 Panayot Mutafchiev 1920-1920 35 Petar Shilev 1920-1921 36 Dr. Ivan Kesyakov 1921-1922 37 Petar Yankov 1922-1923 38 Ivan Stanchev 1923-1923 39 Petar Drenski 1923-1927 40 Dr. Panayot Kostov 1927-1928 41 Milosh Danov 1928-1929 42 Enyu Manolov 1929-1932 43 Bozhidar Zdravkov 1932-1935 44 Georgi Todorov 1935-1936 45 Bozhidar Zdravkov 1936-1939 46 Petar Malchev 1939-1943 47 Dimitar Kostov 1943-1944 48 Dr. Asen Kozhuharov 1944-1945 49 Ivan Perpeliev 1945-1949 50 Nikola Balkandzhiev 1949-1959 51 Atanas Kostov 1959-1963 52 Ivan Dimitrov 1963-1965 53 Ivan Panev 1965-1968 54 Kosta Kumanov 1968-1971 55 Diran Parikyan 1971-1979 56 Hristo Mishev 1979-1986 57 Dimitar Bakalov 1986-1988 58 Todor Petkov 1988-1990 59 Nikolay Somlev 1990-1991 60 Dr. Garabed Tomasyan 1991-1995 61 Spas Garnevski 1995-1999 62 Dr. Ivan Chomakov 1999-2003 63 Dr. Ivan Chomakov 2003-2007 64 Slavcho Atanasov 2007-2011 65 Eng. Ivan Totev 2011-2015 66 Eng. Ivan Totev 2015-2019 67 Zdravko Dimitrov 2019-2023 68 Kostadin Dimitrov 2023-2026

68 terms

19th century

18 mayoral terms

Portrait of Dr. Sotir Antoniadi

Term 4

Dr. Sotir Antoniadi

Acting mayor Biography
Years 1883-1883
Approx. duration 1 year
Century 19th century

acting mayor 26 January 1883 – 21 April 1883

Officially listed mayoral term in Plovdiv Municipality's mayor archive: acting mayor 26 January 1883 – 21 April 1883.

Profile Open source: Plovdiv Municipality — Mayors of Plovdiv

20th century

44 mayoral terms

21st century

6 mayoral terms