Todor Ivanchov

Todor Ivanchov Тодор Иванчов


11th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office 13 October 1899 – 25 January 1901
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Dimitar Grekov
Succeeded by	Racho Petrov

Personal details
Born	1858 Veliko Tarnovo, Ottoman Empire
Died	1 January 1906 Paris, France

Todor Ivanchov (Bulgarian: Тодор Иванчов) (1858 – 1906) was a supporter of Vasil Radoslavov who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 13 October 1899 to 25 January 1901.

Born in Veliko Tarnovo, he was educated at Robert College and in Montpellier, specializing in economics. He served as the editor of a number of Bulgarian newspapers and joined the Cabinet in 1885 under Petko Karavelov, serving as Minister of National Enlightenment. He was Minister of Education when he was chosen to be Prime Minister in 1899.^[1] During his own Premiership Ivanchov also held the role of Minister of Finance.^[2] His government was responsible for violently suppressing peasant resistance against the introduction of the tithe.^[3] He enacted a series of reforms to improve the civil service. He was, however, considered a weak leader.^[4]

In 1903 he was put on trial by the State Court for constitutional violations whilst a member of Radoslavov's cabinet. Sentenced to eight months' imprisonment, he was later pardoned.

References

^ R.J. Crampton, Bulgaria, Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 157
^ "Ministry of Finance :: Ministers". www.minfin.bg.
^ Hristov, Hristo; Grancharov, Stoycho; Statelova, Elena, eds. (1990). Възстановяване и утвърждаване на българската държава. Национално-освободителни борби 1878–1903 г. [Restoration and consolidation of the Bulgarian state. National liberation struggles 1878–1903]. История на България (in Bulgarian). Vol. 7. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. pp. 333–338.
^ Duncan M. Perry, The politics of terror: the Macedonian liberation movements, 1893–1903, Duke University Press, 1988, p. 101