Dimitar Grekov

Dimitar Panayotov Grekov (Bulgarian: Димитър Панайотов Греков) (14 September 1847 – 7 May 1901) was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who also served as Prime Minister.

Dimitar Grekov
Димитър Греков
10th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office
30 January 1899  13 October 1899
MonarchFerdinand
Preceded byKonstantin Stoilov
Succeeded byTodor Ivanchov
Minister of Justice
In office
1879 July 5  1880 March 26
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byHristo Stoyanov
In office
1882 June 23  1883 March 3
Preceded byGeorgi Teoharov
Succeeded byGeorgi Teoharov
Personal details
Born14 September 1847
Bolhrad, Russian Empire
Died7 May 1901 (1901-05-08) (aged 53)
Sofia, Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian
Political partyPeople's Liberal Party
OccupationJudicial Officer, Politician

A native of Bolgrad in Bessarabia (now Bolhrad, Ukraine), Grekov was educated at a French legal school.[1]

Grekov, at the time a Conservative, was a member of the Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly convened in February 1879, a body that formed the basis of the national parliament of the newly independent state.[2] In the 1879 cabinet of Todor Burmov he served as Minister of Justice, the first of an independent Bulgaria.[1]

In 1886 prime minister and regent Stefan Stambolov chose Grekov, along with Konstantin Kanchev and Konstantin Stoilov, to travel around Europe in order to find a prince suitable for the throne of Bulgaria. The three man team searched in Belgrade and Vienna and were refused entry into Russia before settling on Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to whom they offered the crown.[3]

Grekov was appointed prime minister on 30 January 1899 and was removed from office on 13 October that same year after a brief and unremarkable tenure.

References

  1. Assen Nicoloff, The Bulgarian Resurgence, A. Nicoloff, 1987, p. 106
  2. Duncan M. Perry, Stefan Stambolov and the emergence of modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895, Duke University Press, 1993, p. 37
  3. Perry, Stefan Stambolov, pp. 112-113
Political offices
Preceded by
office established
Minister of Justice
1879–1880
Succeeded by
Hristo Stoyanov
Preceded by
Georgi Teoharov
Minister of Interior
1882–1883
Succeeded by
Georgi Teoharov
Preceded by
Konstantin Stoilov
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1899
Succeeded by
Todor Ivanchov
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