Juggling friends and foes: Prime Minister Borissov’s surprise survival in Bulgaria

Figures & data

Table 1. Prime ministers and party governments in Bulgaria (1991–2019).

Cabinet	Date in	Date out	PM duration^a	Cabinet duration^a	Relative duration (as proportion of possible duration)	Party composition^b	Cabinet type^c
Dimitrov	1991-11-08	1992-10-28	355	355	0.24	SDS (+DP, RDP)	MIN
Berov	1992-30-12	1994-09-08	617	617	0.57	NI^d, BSP, DPS	SUR
Videnov	1995-01-25	1996-12-28	703	703	0.47	BSP	MWC
Kostov	1997-05-21	2001-06-17	1488	1488	1.00	SDS, NS	SUR
Saxecoburggotski I	2001-07-24	2005-02-21	1430	1308	0.86	NDSV, DPS	MWC
Saxecoburggotski II	2005-02-23	2005-06-25		122	0.08	NDSV, DPS, NV	MWC
Stanishev	2005-16-08	2009-07-05	1419	1419	0.97	BSP, NDSV, DPS	SUR
Borissov I	2009-07-27	2013-02-21	1305	1305	0.87	GERB	MIN
Oresharski	2013-05-29	2014-07-24	419	419	0.29	BSP, DPS	MIN
Borissov II	2014-11-07	2016-11-14	738	738	0.49	GERB, RB	MIN
Borissov III	2017-05-04	current				GERB, UP	MWC

^a The horizontal lines demarcate parliamentary terms. Office duration in days. Caretaker cabinets are excluded.

^b Party of PM marked in bold; parties ordered by parliamentary size.

^c MIN-minority; MWC-minimal winning coalition; SUR-surplus coalition.

^d Independent PM nominated by BSP.

Figure 1. GERB performance in legislative elections 2009–2017.