
Racho Petrov
Racho Petrov Stoyanov (Bulgarian language: Рачо Петров Стоянов ) (3 March 1861, in Shumen – 22 January 1942) was a leading Bulgarian general and politician.
A talented soldier, Petrov was appointed to be Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27.[1] During the First World War he served as Chief of the 4th Army.
As a politician he twice served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria as the non-party head of an interim administration and then for a longer period from 1903–1906, having been appointed for fear of war after a Bulgarian insurrection in Ottoman Macedonia..
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- ↑ Standart News - Archive | Wednesday, 3 May 2006 at www.standartnews.com
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