Teodor Ivanov Teodorov ( bg, Теодор Теодоров; 8 April 1859,
Elena
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– 5 August 1924) was a leading
Bulgaria
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n politician and legal expert who served as
Prime Minister of Bulgaria immediately after the
First World War
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He was
Minister of Finance
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from 1897 to 1899 and from 1911 to 1913.
Teodorov first came to prominence through his support for reform of the Bulgarian legal system and took part in a Commission set up in 1911 that eventually produced the Administrative Justice Law that established a Supreme Court.
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He was called in to head a coalition government after the resignation of Aleksandar Malinov
Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov ( bg, Александър Павлов Малинов) (3 May 1867 – 20 March 1938) was a leading Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister on three occasions. He was born in Pandakli, Bessarabia (presen ...
on 28 November 1918 and struggled to keep order in the defeated country. Initially an opponent of Aleksandar Stamboliyski
Aleksandar Stoimenov Stamboliyski ( bg, Александър Стоименов Стамболийски; 1 March 1879 – 14 June 1923) was the prime minister of Bulgaria from 1919 until 1923.
Stamboliyski was a member of the Agrarian Union, ...
, he was later forced to admit the Agrarian Peoples Union leader into the Cabinet and was ultimately succeeded as Prime Minister by him. Teodorov was to play no further role in Bulgarian politics.
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1859 births
1924 deaths
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