Dimitar Petkov

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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]

Petkov was finally appointed Prime Minister in November 1906, but held the post for only a few months; on 11 March 1907, he was assassinated by gunshot in Sofia's Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard by Aleksandar Petrov, a disgruntled former employee of the Bulgarian Agricultural Bank. Petrov was put on trial, handed a death sentence and executed by hanging in July 1907.^[5]

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

References

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

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[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] Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[6] Joseph Rothschild, The Communist party of Bulgaria: origins and development, 1883-1936, AMS Press, 1972, p. 37

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