Rumen Radev

His Excellency
Rumen Radev
His Excellency Rumen Radev
Румен Радев
	Official portrait, 2018
5th President of Bulgaria
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 January 2017
Prime Minister	Boyko Borisov; Ognyan Gerdzhikov; Stefan Yanev; Kiril Petkov; Galab Donev; Nikolai Denkov; Dimitar Glavchev;
Vice President	Iliana Iotova
Preceded by	Rosen Plevneliev
Personal details
Born	Rumen Georgiev Radev; 18 June 1963 (age 60); Dimitrovgrad, PR Bulgaria
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Bulgarian Communist Party (1985–1990)
Spouses	; Ginka Radeva (m. 1996; div. 2014) ; Desislava Radeva (m. 2016)
Children	2
Education	Bulgarian Air Force University; Rakovski Military Academy; Air University;
Military service
Allegiance	Bulgaria
Branch/service	Bulgarian Air Force
Years of service	1987–2017
Rank	Major general

Rumen Georgiev Radev (Bulgarian: Румен Георгиев Радев [ˈrumɛn ˈradɛf]; born 18 June 1963) is a Bulgarian politician and former major general who has been the president of Bulgaria since 22 January 2017.

Radev previously served as higher commander of the Bulgarian Air Force.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He won a second consecutive term in the 2021 election, with 66% of the vote in the second round.^[6]^[7]

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