Dimitar Borisov Glavchev (Bulgarian: Димитър Борисов Главчев; born 15 August 1963) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2024 to 2025, leading a caretaker government. A political independent, he is currently the chairman of the Chamber of Audit. He was previously a member of the GERB party and served as member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2021. In 2017, he briefly served as Speaker of the National Assembly.
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Early life, education and career
He was born on 15 August 1963, in Sofia. In 1981, Glavchev graduated from SOU "Dobriy Voynik" (then named "Mikhail Kalinin"). He graduated from the University of National and World Economy (then known as '"High Research Institute" Karl Marx') in 1987, with the professional qualification of "economist-accountant". He received a second degree from the university in "International Economic Relations".
Glavchev worked as a professional accountant for around 30 years, working 20 of them as an independent auditor.
Parliamentary activity
Glavchev was elected in 2009, being part of the GERB parliamentary group in the 41st National Assembly. He served a further 5 terms as a MP, retiring after the 46th National Assembly.
In his tenure as a MP, Glavchev served in the Budget and Finance Committee. In this capacity, he helped develop the "Law on the Chamber of Audit" in 2010.
In 2011, he was appointed as deputy head of the GERB Parliamentary Group.
During the tenure of the 43rd National Assembly, he was elected as deputy speaker of the assembly, temporarily leading assembly sessions during the absence of incumbent speaker Tsetska Tsacheva.
In the 44th National Assembly, he headed the inter-parliamentary Bulgarian delegation to PACE.
Glavchev did not seek re-election during the Bulgarian legislative elections held in November, 2021.
Chairman of the National Assembly
Glavchev served as speaker of the 44th National Assembly between 18 April and 17 November 2017.
Glavchev resigned on 17 November, after a scandal with BSP leader, Korneliya Ninova, whom he forced to leave a session for 'insulting' Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in a declaration.
Chairman of the Chamber of Audit
On 12 July 2023 Glavchev was nominated for the position of chairman of the Chamber of Audit by the GERB-SDS parliamentary group. He was elected to the position by the National Assembly with the support of 148 MPs on 26 July. On 31 July, Glavchev officially began his 7-year term, being welcomed by acting chairwoman of the Chamber of Audit, Goritsa Granzharova-Kozharova.
Glavchev's election was surrounded by some controversy, due to the fact that his predecessor, Tsvetan Tsvetkov, was unconstitutionally removed from his position.
Caretaker Prime Minister (2024–2025)
Caretaker Government formation
On 28 March 2024, after the failure of government talks following the resignation of the Denkov Government, Glavchev attended a meeting with President Rumen Radev. According to the newly passed constitutional amendments, Glavchev, as the chairman of the Chamber of Audit, was eligible to be selected by the president to serve as the caretaker prime minister.
On 29 March, Radev announced Glavchev as the caretaker prime minister-designate, inviting him for another meeting on 30 March.
On 30 March, Radev officially presented Glavchev with the responsibility of forming a caretaker government, with Glavchev lamenting that while the position may be difficult, he would aim to form a politically neutral caretaker cabinet. In comments to the press following the meeting, he outlined that he will look for experts within the Ministries who had a "good reputation within society" and insisted that his cabinet would remain politically neutral and committed to "Euroatlanticist" values.
According to a bill passed by the National Assembly on 29 March, Glavchev was allowed to take an unpaid leave from the Chamber of Audit and then regain the position following his premiership.
On 5 April, Glavchev presented his Caretaker Cabinet prior during consultations with the parliamentary groups. The consultations were not attended by the BSP, and PP-DB left the consultations due to Glavchev's choice to keep incumbent Kalin Stoyanov as Minister of Interior in a caretaker capacity, as well as the appointment of other partisan figures. After the consultations, Glavchev characterised the choice of Stoyanov as "difficult", but justified it with the recent resignation of the secretary of the ministry of interior, Zhivko Kotsev, leaving few options within the present administration.
He was sworn in as caretaker prime minister in the presence of National Assembly on 9 April. During a joint press conference with outgoing prime minister, Nikolai Denkov, he vowed to insure fair elections and stability in Bulgaria.
Caretaker Prime Minister tenure
During his first cabinet meeting, Glavchev declared that ensuring that free and fair elections took place was the main task of the Caretaker Cabinet.
Glavchev became the first caretaker prime minister in modern Bulgarian history to participate in a European Council meeting, with the role being previously fulfilled by the president of Bulgaria in periods with a Caretaker Cabinet. He also became the prime minister to have the largest amount of advisors, appointing 23.
Only a week after the appointment of the cabinet, Prime Minister Glavchev requested the removal of two Ministers: the minister of foreign Affairs, Stefan Dimitrov, and the Minister of Foods and Agriculture, Kiril Vutev, both of whom he accused of not properly fulfilling their roles. In their place, he proposed GERB MP, Daniel Mitov, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and head of the State Fund "Agriculture", Georgi Tahov, as Minister of Agriculture.
After President Rumen Radev announced his opposition to the changes, Glavchev argued that it was the president's "constitutional duty" to approve them. In a follow up statement, he made clear that he was ready to discuss the re-shuffle with the president, however insisted that political responsibility for the two ministers in question would shift to him.
On 19 April, Glavchev met with the president to discuss the proposed reshuffle, following which he confirmed that no agreement had been reached and the current ministers would continue to implement their duties. A few hours after the meeting, Mitov declared that he did not intend to become caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Glavchev confirmed that he did not have an alternative candidate prepared for the position. On 20 April, Glavchev announced that he had proposed himself for the position of Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On 22 April, Radev appointed Glavchev as Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, after Glavchev sent an official request for the role. After assuming the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs, he appointed Ivan Kondov as his deputy and former foreign affairs minister in the Yanev Caretaker Government, Svetlan Stoev, as the new Secretary. Both appointees were tasked with coordinating elections abroad.
Post-Prime Ministerial Career
Head of the Chamber of Audit
After the end of his tenure as caretaker prime minister, Dimitar Glavchev returned to his position as head of the Chamber of Audit. His return to the position was challenged by PP-DB, due to his tenure as caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs creating a conflict of interest and violating the Law for the Chamber of Audit. The Anti-Corruption Agency stated that they did not find a reason Glavchev ineligible for the position. The Constitutional Court, on 16 September, refused to consider the case of Glavchev's ineligibility, stating it was outside their competence.
In November, 2025, Yes, Bulgaria! co-leader Ivaylo Mirchev accused Glavchev of receiving a bonus of 110,000 Leva from the Chamber of Audit while serving as caretaker prime minister. Glavchev has denied the allegation, stating that he did not receive any bonuses during his time as prime minister.
After the partial annulment of the snap parliamentary elections by the Constitutional Court in March, 2025, Glavchev commented that in his view the annulment was a demonstration of the cabinets ability to gather evidence of electoral fraud. He further blamed the political parties for being involved in cases of electoral fraud, and argued that preventing such fraud was outside the competencies of the caretaker government.
In December, 2025, Glavchev announced large-scale "personnel and structural reforms" within the Chamber of Audit, including the release of retirement-age employees and the introduction of stricter criteria for bonuses.
In January, 2026, after the resignation of the Zhelyazkov Government, Dimitar Glavchev indicated that he would be willing to once again be appointed as carateker prime minister if selected by the acting president Iliana Yotova.