Todor Burmow

Todor Stojanow Burmow (also written Todor Stoyanov Burmov , Bulgarian Тодор Стоянов Бурмов ; born January 2, 1834 in Gabrovo Oblast , † October 25, 1906 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian politician and first prime minister of the independent Bulgaria .

biography

Studies and professional career

After studying to be a teacher at the Theological Academy in Kiev , which he finished in 1857, he worked as a teacher in Gabrovo . From 1860 on he was editor of the daily newspapers Bulgarian Books (Български книжици) , The Consultant (Съветник) and Time (Време) .

During the temporary Russian occupation he was first lieutenant governor of Plovdiv and governor of Sofia .

First Prime Minister after independence

After Bulgaria's (limited) independence from the Ottoman Empire on July 8, 1879, the close confidante of Prince Alexander I was appointed first Prime Minister, although the Conservative Party he represented as a member of the National Assembly only had a relatively weak position in parliament took.

As Prime Minister, he tried to stabilize regions threatened by Muslim uprisings such as Varna by introducing martial law . After the support for his government increasingly waned, he had to resign as Prime Minister on December 6, 1879. During his tenure, he was also Minister of the Interior and from July 17th to August 7th also Minister of Education. In 1881 he was a member of the State Council for a short time.

Later he was a member of the cabinet of Leonid Sobolew and Archbishop Kliment Turnowski as Finance Minister from March 18 to September 19, 1883 and from August 21 to 24, 1886 . In 1884 he joined the Progressive Liberal Party or Progressive Party ( Прогресивнолибералната партия ) founded by Dragan Kiriakow Zankow .

In 1886 he withdrew completely from political life and instead took up his journalistic career again by becoming editor of the newspapers Bulgarian Voice (Bulgarski Glas) and Light (Svetlina) .

literature

Marin Pundeff: Burmov, Todor Stojanov . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 1. Munich 1974, p. 273 f.

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personal data
SURNAME	Burmow, Todor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Burmow, Todor Stojanow; Burmov, Todor Stoyanov; Бурмов, Тодор Стоянов (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bulgarian politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH	January 2, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gabrovo Oblast
DATE OF DEATH	October 25, 1906
Place of death	Sofia