Todor Burmov

Todor Stoyanov Burmow ( Todor Stoyanov also Burmov written, Bulgarian Тодор Стоянов Бурмов; born January 2, 1834 in the Oblast Gabrovo, † October 25, 1906 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian politician and the first prime minister of independent Bulgaria.

Biography

Study and career

After a teaching degree at the Theological Academy in Kiev, which he finished in 1857, he worked as a teacher in Gabrovo. From 1860 on, he was then as editor of the daily newspaper "Bulgarian books" ( Български книжици ), " The Consultant " ( Съветник ) and "time" ( Време ) operates.

During the temporary Russian occupation he was first Lieutenant Governor of Plovdiv and governor of Sofia.

First Prime Minister after independence

The close friend of Prince Alexander I was appointed by the latter to the first prime minister after the ( limited) independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire on July 8, 1879 although the view expressed by him as a deputy in the National Assembly Conservative Party only a relatively weak position in Parliament occupied.

As prime minister, he made ​​an effort to stabilize threatened by Muslim uprisings regions such as Varna by the introduction of martial law. After the support for his government increasingly waned, he was forced to resign already on 6 December 1879 as Prime Minister. During his tenure, he was also Minister of the Interior and for a time, from July 17 to August 7, also Minister of Education. In 1881 he was a member of the State Council for a short time.

Later he became one of 18 March to 19 September 1883, from 21 to 24 August 1886, Leonid Sobolev and Cabinets of Archbishop Kliment Turnowski as finance minister. In 1884, he joined, founded by Dragan Tsankov Kiriakow Progressive Liberal Party or Progressive Party ( Прогресивнолибералната партия ) at.

In 1886 he withdrew completely from political life back and instead took his journalistic career again by becoming the editor of the newspaper "Bulgarian voice" ( Bul- glass) and "light" ( Svetlina ).

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  • Biography on the website of the Ministry of Finance
  • Bulgaria 1870-1896
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