Alexander Exarch ( bg, Александър Екзарх, 1810 – 27 September 1891) was a Bulgarian revivalist, publicist and journalist, and an active participant in the struggle for an independent

Bulgarian Exarchate The Bulgarian Exarchate ( bg, Българска екзархия, Balgarska ekzarhiya; tr, Bulgar Eksarhlığı) was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and th ...

. In 1841, he accompanied as a translator

Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui (; November 21, 1798 – January 28, 1854) was a French economist. His most important contributions were made in labour economics, economic history and especially the history of economic thought, in which field his 1837 t ...

, sent by the French government to investigate the consequences of the

Niš rebellion (1841) The Niš rebellion ( sr, Нишка буна; bg, Нишко въстание) or was a short-lived Christian uprising (5–26 April 1841) that broke out in the Ottoman ''nahiya'' (sub-districts) of Niš, Pirot, Vranje and Toplica, today in Se ...

. Blanqui reflects it in his diary as Bulgarian, pointing to

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as the capital of Bulgaria. He strongly opposed the insinuation of

Ioannis Kolettis Ioannis Kolettis (; died 17 September 1847) was a Greek politician who played a significant role in Greek affairs from the Greek War of Independence through the early years of the Greek Kingdom, including as Minister to France and serving twic ...

(at that time the Greek ambassador to Paris) that the uprising was Greek. In 1842 - 1846, he sent several memoirs (memos) to the Western European governments to improve the situation of the Bulgarians. With financial assistance from Russia, he published in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

the Bulgarian „Constantinople newspaper” (1848 - 1862), and served as editor-in-chief 1850 and 1860. After the

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he was twice a candidate for

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(

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) of Bulgaria (1879, 1886).Александър Екзарх можеше да стане княз на българите
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Exarch, Alexander Bulgarian activists Diplomats of the Ottoman Empire Bulgarian journalists 1810 births 1891 deaths People from Stara Zagora