Todor Ivanchev

Todor Ivanchev ( Bulgarian : Тодор Иванчов) (* 1858 in Veliko Tarnowo ; † 1905 or 1906 in Paris ) was a Bulgarian politician and prime minister .

biography

Studies and professional career

After completing school at Robert College in Istanbul , he studied medicine and economics at the University of Montpellier .

After his return to Bulgaria he was a teacher in Drjanowo from 1878 to 1879 and then until 1883 school principal in Kyustendil . He then became director of the Bureau of Statistics . He was also the editor of the newspapers "Turnovska Konstitutsia" and "Narodni Prava" .

Minister and Prime Minister from 1899 to 1901

Ivanchev began his political career on August 24, 1886 when he was Minister of Public Education in the interim government of Petko Karavelov for four days . He held this office from September 7, 1886 to July 10, 1887 in the first cabinet of Wassil Radoslawow . After the founding of the Liberal Party (LPR), which was also called the Radoslavovists ( Либералната партия - радославистка ) after him , he was one of its most ardent supporters and its representative as a member of the National Assembly from 1886 to 1889 and from 1899 to 1900.

On January 30, 1899 he was again appointed Minister for Public Education by Prime Minister Dimitar Panayotov Grekov . After his resignation, Prince Ferdinand I appointed him Prime Minister himself on October 13, 1899 . In his cabinet, which was in office until January 25, 1901, he was foreign minister and minister of religion until December 25, 1900, and then finance minister . He also appointed his party leader Radoslawow to his cabinet as Minister of the Interior, who as such carried out a series of reforms of the public service.

In 1903 a court sentenced him to eight months' imprisonment for unconstitutional activities during his tenure as minister in the Radoslawow cabinet, but was later pardoned.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Dimitar Grekov	Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria October 13, 1899 - December 10, 1900	Dimitar Tonchev

personal data
SURNAME	Ivanchev, Todor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Petko Stoychev Karavelov
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bulgarian politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH	1858
PLACE OF BIRTH	Veliko Tarnovo
DATE OF DEATH	1905
Place of death	Paris