Dimitar Grekov

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
5 July 1879 – 26 March 1880
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byHristo Stoyanov
In office
23 June 1882 – 3 March 1883
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

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.

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. ^ a b 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
Preceded by Minister of Interior
1882–1883 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1899 		Succeeded by


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