Petar Ivanov Slatev

Petar Ivanov Slatew (also written Petar Ivanov Zlatev , Bulgarian Петър Иванов Златев ; born November 2, 1881 in Elena , † July 24, 1948 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian politician , lieutenant general and prime minister .

Life

Military career

After school he completed military training as a cavalry officer . As such, he was a participant in the Balkan Wars in 1912 and 1913 as well as in the First World War , where he rose over time to commander of a cavalry regiment . Most recently he was from 1928 to 1934 in the rank of Lieutenant General Inspector General of the Cavalry.

In the course of his career in the Bulgarian army , he received several awards.

Prime Minister from 1935

As an officer he was the "Military League" indicates an alliance that a close relationship to the likewise consisting predominantly of officers right- authoritative organization Sweno (dt. Shackles , chain link) maintained after a authoritarian, in the system of corporatism oriented state aspired.

After the coup of Sweno from May 19, 1934 against the government of Nikola Muschanow he became Prime Minister Kimon Georgiev appointed. Although he was a staunch monarchist himself , he was also cautious about the republican aspirations of some other cabinet members.

Tsar Boris III. However, who rejected these efforts, carried out a counter-coup in January 1935 and then put Slatev on January 22, 1935 as prime minister .

Slatew's most pressing task was merely to build up a strong military presence in the aftermath of the coup. After the initial unrest subsided and the tsar's power had been secured, he was replaced by Andrei Toshev on April 21 . During his tenure as Prime Minister, he also continued to serve as Minister of Defense .

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• Biographical information in rulers.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Kimon Georgiev	Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1935	Andrei Toshev