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Racho Petrov

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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Military offices
Preceded by
none
Chief of the General Staff
1885–1887
Succeeded by
Stefan Paprikov
Political offices
Preceded by
Danail Nikolaev
Minister of War
1887
Succeeded by
Sava Mutkurov
Preceded by
Stefan Paprikov
Chief of the General Staff
1887–1894
Succeeded by
Nikola Ivanov
Preceded by
Mihail Savov
Minister of War
1894–1897
Succeeded by
Nikola Ivanov
Preceded by
Vasil Radoslavov
Minister of Interior
1900–1901
Succeeded by
Mihail Sarafov
Preceded by
Todor Ivanchov
Prime Minister
1901
Succeeded by
Petko Karavelov
Preceded by
Dimitar Tonchev
Foreign Minister
1901
Succeeded by
Stoyan Danev
Preceded by
Stoyan Danev
Prime Minister
1903–1906
Succeeded by
Dimitar Petkov
Preceded by
Stoyan Danev
Foreign Minister
1903–1906
Succeeded by
Dimitar Petkov

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