Petur Tanchev

Petar Tanchev Zhelev ( bg, Петър Танчев Желев) (1920-1992) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

n politician, Secretary (Chairman) of the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union (BAP) from 1974 to 1989, and a deputy in the I (1950-1953), II (1954-1957), III (1958-1961), IV (1962-1965), V (1966-1971), VI (1971-1976), VII ( 1976-1981), VIII (1981-1986) and IX National Assemblies (1986-1990). He was born in 1920 in a village near

Haskovo Haskovo ( bg, Хасково ) is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to Operative Program Regional Develo ...

. In 1935, he became a member of the left wing of the Bulgarian Agrarian Youth Union and in between

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and

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, he was arrested for his political activity. In

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, he graduated in law from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". Following the

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

, the BAP became the central leadership and in 1974, he became the leader of the party. He acted as the

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

(1962-1966), and the first deputy prime minister (1971-1974). He also was the first deputy chairman of the State Council from 1974 to

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. In

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, he received the

Lenin Peace Prize The International Lenin Peace Prize (russian: международная Ленинская премия мира, ''mezhdunarodnaya Leninskaya premiya mira)'' was a Soviet Union award named in honor of Vladimir Lenin. It was awarded by a pane ...

from the

Soviet government The Government of the Soviet Union ( rus, Прави́тельство СССР, p=prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr, r=Pravítelstvo SSSR, lang=no), formally the All-Union Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly ab ...

. Following his removal from the Secretary of Agrarian after changes made on November 10, 1989, he was replaced by

Viktor Valkov The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Agrarian National U ...

. Viktor Valkov was elected by his deputies and the agricultural secretaries of PP Agrarian

Aleksi 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' ...

and Pando Vanchev following a similar plenum of the Board of the Agrarian Union of December 2, 1989. His election was part of an internal party coup led by the then International Secretary GOP Agrarian Angel Dimitrov and corresponded with the new leadership of the Communist Party and PRB led by

Petar Mladenov Petar Toshev Mladenov ( bg, Петър Тошев Младенов; 22 August 1936 – 31 May 2000) was a Bulgarian communist diplomat and politician. He was the last leader of the Bulgarian People's Republic from 1989 to 1990, and briefly the ...

and

Andrey Lukanov Andrey Karlov Lukanov ( ) (26 September 1938 – 2 October 1996) was a Bulgarian politician. Between February and November 1990, was the final Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Biography Early life Lukanov was born in Moscow, ...

. 1920 births 1992 deaths Bulgarian Agrarian National Union politicians Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria) Government ministers of Bulgaria Recipients of the Order of Georgi Dimitrov 20th-century Bulgarian politicians {{Bulgaria-politician-stub