Balgarianovinite.com The National Muslim Conference held in Sofia on Sunday elected Ahmed Hasanov as Grand Mufti and Mustafa Hadzhi as Chairman of the Supreme Muslim Council.
Hadzhi held the position of Grand Mufti until now. Hasanov was Deputy Grand Mufti.
There were two candidates for Grand Mufti: Ahmed Hasanov and Vedat Ahmed, who was Supreme Muslim Council Chairman until now.
There were also two candidates for Chairperson of the Supreme Muslim Council: Mustafa Hadzhi and Murad Boshnak, the Regional Mufti of Pleven (Northern Bulgaria).
During the forum, Vedat Ahmed and Murad Boshnak withdrew their bids, citing disagreement with open voting.
Ahmed Hasanov and Mustafa Hadzhi were nominated for Grand Mufti and for Supreme Muslim Council Chairman, respectively, by several regional mufti’s offices, including Blagoevgrad, Varna, Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Ruse and Silistra.
Ahmed Hasanov was born in Omurtag (Northeastern Bulgaria) in 1977. He completed his primary education in the village of Zelena Morava and secondary education at the Nuvvab religious school in the northeastern town of Shumen, according to the website of the Muslim denomination. He graduated from the Higher Islamic Institute in Sofia in 2002. In 2002-2003, he was an imam in Fandak mosque in Omurtag. He earned a Master’s Degree in the Department of Basic Islamic Studies of the Social Sciences Institute at the University of Ankara. In 2008-2010, he was a preacher at Regional Mufti’s Office in Targovishte (Northeastern Bulgaria). In 2010-2012, he was a teacher and Director of the Gul Training Center in Aalen, Baden-Wurttemberg.
Mustafa Hadzhi was born in the village of Draginovo, in the southern Pazardzhik Region, in 1962. He served as imam in his native village and later as Deputy Grand Mufti at the Grand Mufti’s Office in Sofia. He graduated in theology from Jordan’s Yarmouk University in 1997. He earned a master’s degree from New Bulgarian University in Sofia and a doctorate from Marmara University in Istanbul. He first served as Grand Mufti in 1997-2000 and then between 2005 and 2026, becoming the longest serving Grand Mufti of the Muslim denomination in Bulgaria. He was Chairman of the Supreme Muslim Council in 2000-2003 and Rector of the Higher Islamic Institute in 2003-2005. National Muslim Conference Elects New Grand Mufti, Supreme Muslim Council Chairman 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-21 12:49:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law