Dimitar Petkov

Dimitar Petkov Димитар Петков
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In office December 6, 1906 – March 11, 1907
Preceded by	Racho Petrov
Succeeded by	Dimitar Stanchov
Personal details
Born	2 November 1858(1858-11-02) Tulcea, Ottoman Empire now in Romania
Died	11 March 1907(1907-03-11) (aged 48) Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian
Political party	Bulgarian People's Liberal Party

Dimitar Nikolov Petkov (Bulgarian: Димитър Петков) (1858, Tulcea – March 11, 1907, Sofia) was a leading member of the Bulgarian People's Liberal Party and the country's Prime Minister from November 5, 1906 until he was assassinated in Sofia the following year.

A veteran of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 he fought for the Russian Imperial Army at the Battle of Shipka Pass where he lost an arm during the combat.^[1]

Petkov spent five years (1888–1893) as mayor of Sofia and during his time in charge he undertook an extensive redevelopment of the city.^[2]

Following the death of Stefan Stambolov in 1895 he took over as leader of People's Liberal Party, a role he held until his own death when Nikola Genadiev succeeded him.^[3] Petkov's party took office in 1903 following the resignation of Stoyan Danev but Ferdinand I of Bulgaria chose a non-party Prime Minister, his close friend Racho Petrov, instead of Petkov.^[4] He was finally appointed Prime Minister in November 1906 but held the post for only a few months as he was murdered in Sofia's Boulevard Alexander II.^[5]

His son Nikola Petkov was also a politician in post-war Bulgaria before being put to death in 1947.^[6]

References

1. ^ Thomas McGonigle, The corpse dream of N. Petkov, Northwestern University Press, 2000, p. 29
2. ^ Duncan M. Perry, Stefan Stambolov and the emergence of modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895, Duke University Press, 1993, p. 185
3. ^ R. J. Crampton, Bulgaria, Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 451
4. ^ R. J. Crampton, A concise history of Bulgaria, Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 127
5. ^ McGonigle, The corpse dream of N. Petkov, p. 32
6. ^ Joseph Rothschild, The Communist party of Bulgaria: origins and development, 1883-1936, AMS Press, 1972, p. 37

Preceded by Racho Petrov

Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1906–1907

Succeeded by Dimitar Stanchov

Persondata
Name	Petkov, Dimitar
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 2, 1858
Place of birth	Tulcea, Ottoman Empire now in Romania
Date of death	March 11, 1907
Place of death	Sofia, Bulgaria

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