Alexi Ivanov

Aleksi Ivanov Vasilev ( Bulgarian: Алекси Иванов Василев), (born Alexe Bădărău; October 22, 1922 – June 9, 1997) was a Bulgarian politician Secretary of (Deputy Chairman) of Standing Committee Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union (BAP) from 1 December 1976 to 2 December 1989, Minister of agriculture and forestry in the government of Georgi Atanasov from March 24, 1986, until December 19, 1988, and Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers, Chairman of the Council for Agriculture and Forestry Economy – member of the Council of Ministers 1986–1987.

After the fall of communism in Bulgaria in 1989 he was removed from all positions he held, in 1993 he was brought to justice and charged with crimes committed during his state positions.

Biography

He was born in Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea to a Romanian father and Bulgarian mother. He graduated from junior high school in his native village in Romania, then in 1936 - 1938 he was a worker in a factory for hemp and manila ropes in Tulcea. In 1939 he returned to his village. In November 1940 he was called up for regular military service in the Romanian Army - 2nd Army Corps (this corps after the attack of Nazi Germany and fascist Romania on the USSR in 1941 was sent to the Eastern Front) in Bucharest, where he did not appear, and in 1940 moved to the returned to Bulgaria South Dobrudja, in the village of Popgruevo, Tervel region. In 1940 he and his family went to Bulgaria, where Alexe Bădărău unofficially changed his name to Alexi Ivanov.In 1943-1945 he served regularly in the All-Army Truck Regiment in Sofia, where he participated in the air defense of the regiment during the Anglo-American bombing of 1943–1944, took part with the regiment in which he served in the September 9 coup in 1944, then immediately after September 9, 1944, he served in the Ministry of War and in February–May 1945 he participated in the second phase of the Patriotic War of Bulgaria against Nazi Germany as part of the First Bulgarian Army.

He was the Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers, Chairman of the Council for Agriculture and Forestry Economy – member of the Council of Ministers and Minister of agriculture and forestry in the government of Georgi Atanasov from March 24, 1986, until December 19, 1988. He was deputy chairman of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union responsible for organizational, political and ideological issues from December 1, 1976, until December 2, 1989, and he closely followed the lead of the chairman of the Agrarian Union during communism in Bulgaria, Petar Tanchev.

Crimes and accusations

After the democratic changes in Bulgaria in 1989 he was indicted and brought to justice:

* In 1991 in the case against the Permanent Presence of the Bulgarian Agrarian Union-Kazionen for complicity with the Bulgarian Communist Party in the Revival process.
* In 1991, for grants and armaments provided from the state budget to foreign fraternal parties that maintained ties with the Agrarian Union until 1989, in his capacity as Secretary of the Permanent Presence of the Agrarian Union until 1989.
* In 1993, in Case No. 3 for grants, weapons and military equipment provided to Third World countries.
* In 1993, for his responsibility for financing the Agrarian Union with funds from the state budget, known as Enlightenment "B", which were withdrawn by order of Alexi Ivanov, which the Prosecutor General's Office considers illegally used by the Agrarian Union.

He died on June 9, 1997, in Sofia.

References

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Bulgarian Agrarian National Union politicians
Government ministers of Bulgaria
1922 births
1997 deaths
People from Tulcea County
Bulgarian politicians
Romanian people of Bulgarian descent
Bulgarian people of Romanian descent
Deputy prime ministers of Bulgaria