Ratscho Petrov
Ratscho Stojanow Petrov ( Bulgarian Рачо Стоянов Петров , scientific transliteration Račo Stojanov Petrov; born March 3, 1861 in Shumen , † January 22, 1942 in Belovo , Bulgaria ) was a Bulgarian politician , general and prime minister .
biography
Military career and promotion to chief of staff and minister of war
On August 30, 1878 he joined the army as a cadet and made an almost unique career within the army in the following years. After he was promoted to lieutenant on May 10, 1879 and on March 24, 1882, he graduated from the St. Petersburg Military Academy in 1883 . On his return he became battalion commander in Teteven ( Lovech Oblast ) and in Shumen . On March 24, 1885 he was promoted to captain . As such, he was initially an officer in the general staff and then adjutant of the staff of the 1st Brigade in Sofia .
After the union of the Principality of Bulgaria with Eastern Rumelia in the autumn of 1885, he was appointed Chief of the Army General Staff by decree ( ukase ) from Prince Alexander I on September 9, 1885 at the age of only 24. As such, he was largely responsible for leading the army during the Serbian-Bulgarian War from 1885 to 1886 and was promoted to major on January 1, 1886 because of his services .
After he had been replaced as Chief of Staff on April 29, 1887, he became Minister of War in the cabinet of Konstantin Stoilow on July 10, 1887 . However, after the end of Stoilow's tenure on September 1, he was reappointed Chief of the General Staff on October 23, 1887. During his now until April 15, 1894 permanent service, he was on August 2 in 1888 Lieutenant Colonel and on August 2, 1891 Colonel promoted.
On April 27, 1894 he was again appointed Minister of War and held this office during the reigns of Prime Ministers Stefan Stambolow and Stoilow. On November 17, 1896, he was promoted to major general and on November 29, 1896, he passed into military retirement.
Prime Minister 1901 and 1903 to 1906
Almost four years after his retirement, he joined the National Liberal Party ( Народнолибералната партия ). On December 14, 1900, Prime Minister Todor Ivanchev appointed him Minister of the Interior . He was also elected for the first time as a member of the National Assembly for a short time in 1901.
On January 25, 1901, Prince Ferdinand I himself appointed him Prime Minister for the first time . However, he only held this office temporarily until March 4, 1901. At the same time he kept the office of interior minister during his term of office and at the same time took over the offices of foreign minister and minister of religion.
On May 19, 1903, Prince Ferdinand I reappointed him as Prime Minister as the successor to Stojan Petrow Danew for fear of unrest in Macedonia . As such, he was in office until November 5, 1906, and was again Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion. From 1903 to 1908 he was also a member of the National Assembly.
Balkan Wars and World War I
After the beginning of the First Balkan War in October 1912 he was ordered back into the army and appointed commander of the Simeonowgrad fortress . Shortly after the start of the Second Balkan War in June 1913, he undertook an attack on the Serbian city of Pirot as commander of the 3rd Army . On August 2, 1913, he was promoted to lieutenant general.
After Bulgaria's entry into the First World War on October 14, 1915, he became Governor General of the military region of Macedonia and held this office until the end of the war in 1918.
On May 6, 1936 he was by Tsar Boris III. appointed army general.
literature
- Wolf Oschlies: Petrov, Račo Petrov , in: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Vol. 3. Munich 1979, p. 450 f.
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha 1861–1948 - A cosmopolitan on the Bulgarian throne . Osteuropazentrum Berlin - Verlag (Anthea Verlagsgruppe), Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-89998-296-1 , pp. 117, 120, 133, 145, 237.
Web links
Individual evidence
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Todor Burmow | Kliment Tarnowski | Dragan Zankow | Petko Karavelov | Johann Ernrot | Vacancy (assumption of office by Prince Alexander ) | Leonid Sobolev | Dragan Zankow | Petko Karavelov | Kliment Tarnowski | Petko Karavelov | Wassil Radoslawow | Konstantin Stoilow | Stefan Stambolow | Konstantin Stoilow | Dimitar Grekow | Todor Ivanchev | Ratscho Petrov | Petko Karavelov | Stoyan Danew | Ratscho Petrov | Dimitar Petkov | Dimitar Stantschow (interim) | Petar Gudew
See also: Incumbent after 1908
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Stoyan Danew |
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria May 18, 1903 - November 4, 1906 |
Dimitar Stanchev |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petrov, Ratscho |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Петров, Рачо Стоянов (Bulgarian); Petrov, Ratscho Stoyanov |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian politician, general and prime minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shumen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1942 |
| Place of death | Belovo , Bulgaria |