Racho Petrov
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Racho Petrov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Рачо Петров Стоянов) (3 March 1861 - 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.
| Preceded by Todor Ivanchov |
Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1901 |
Succeeded by Petko Karavelov |
| Preceded by Stoyan Danev |
Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1903-1906 |
Succeeded by Dimitar Petkov |
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