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
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Konstantin Stoilov
Succeeded by	Todor Ivanchov
Minister of Justice
In office 1879 July 5 – 1880 March 26
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	Hristo Stoyanov
In office 1882 June 23 – 1883 March 3
Preceded by	Georgi Teoharov
Succeeded by	Georgi Teoharov
Personal details
Born	14 September 1847 Bolhrad, Russian Empire
Died	7 May 1901 (aged 53) Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian
Political party	People's Liberal Party
Occupation	Judicial 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