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.

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List of Bulgarian generals in the Kingdom of Bulgaria

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
v • d • e
Prime Ministers of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Burmov • Turnovski • Tsankov • Karavelov • Ehrnrooth • vacant • Sobolev • Tsankov • Karavelov • Turnovski • Karavelov • Radoslavov • Stoilov • Stambolov • Stoilov • Grekov • Ivanchov • Petrov • Karavelov • Danev • Petrov • Petkov • Stanchov* • Gudev • Malinov • Geshov • Danev • Radoslavov • Malinov • Teodorov • Stamboliyski • Tsankov • Lyapchev • Malinov • Mushanov • Georgiev • Zlatev • Toshev • Kyoseivanov • Filov • Gabrovski* • Bozhilov • Bagrianov • Muraviev • Georgiev
Communist Bulgaria
G. Dimitrov • Kolarov • Chervenkov • Yugov • Zhivkov • Todorov • Filipov • Atanasov • Lukanov
Republic of Bulgaria
* denotes interim
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