Rumen Radev

Rumen Radev
Румен Радев
Official portrait, 2018
5th President of Bulgaria
Assumed office
22 January 2017
Prime Minister
Vice PresidentIliana Iotova
Preceded byRosen Plevneliev
Personal details
Born
Rumen Georgiev Radev

(1963-06-18) 18 June 1963
Dimitrovgrad, PR Bulgaria
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Bulgarian Communist Party (1985–1990)
Spouses
Ginka Radeva
(m. 1996; div. 2014)
    (m. 2016)
    Children2
    Education
    Military service
    Allegiance Bulgaria
    Branch/service Bulgarian Air Force
    Years of service1987–2017
    RankMajor general

    Rumen Georgiev Radev (Bulgarian: Румен Георгиев Радев, born 18 June 1963) is a Bulgarian politician and former major general who has been the President of Bulgaria since 2017.

    Radev previously served as higher commander of the Bulgarian Air Force. He won the 2016 presidential election as an independent candidate supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, defeating GERB candidate Tsetska Tsacheva in the second round. He won a second consecutive term in the 2021 election, with 66% of the vote in the second round.