Georgi Atanasov (politician)

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Georgi Atanasov
Георги Атанасов

39th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office 21 March 1986 – 3 February 1990
Preceded by	Grisha Filipov
Succeeded by	Andrey Lukanov

Personal details
Born	(1933-07-25)25 July 1933 Pravoslaven, Bulgaria
Died	31 March 2022(2022-03-31) (aged 88) Sofia, Bulgaria^{[citation needed]}
Political party	Independent (1990–2022)
Other political affiliations	Bulgarian Communist Party (1947–1990)
Alma mater	Sofia University

Georgi Ivanov Atanasov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Атанасов; 25 July 1933 – 31 March 2022) was a Bulgarian politician and a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party who served as Prime Minister from 1986 to 1990. Atanasov supported the move to oust Todor Zhivkov as Chairman of the State Council, joining Petar Mladenov in leading the opposition. In November 1992, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for embezzlement, although he was pardoned in 1994.^[1]

Atanasov died at 31 March 2022, at the age of 88^[2]^[3]^[4] in Sofia.^{[citation needed]}

Honours and awards

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Order of Georgi Dimitrov

Order of Karl Marx

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Grisha Filipov	Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1986–1990	Succeeded by Andrey Lukanov

v t e Prime ministers of Bulgaria
List of heads of government of Bulgaria
Principality	Burmov Turnovski D. Tsankov Karavelov Ehrnrooth Sobolev D. Tsankov Karavelov Turnovski Karavelov Radoslavov Stoilov Stambolov Stoilov Grekov Ivanchov Petrov Karavelov Danev Petrov Petkov Stanchov Gudev Malinov
Tsardom	Malinov Geshov Danev Radoslavov Malinov Teodorov Stamboliyski A. Tsankov Lyapchev Malinov Mushanov Georgiev Zlatev Toshev Kyoseivanov Filov Gabrovski Bozhilov Bagryanov Muraviev Georgiev
People's Republic	G. Dimitrov Kolarov Chervenkov Yugov Zhivkov Todorov Filipov Atanasov Lukanov
Republic	Popov P. Dimitrov Berov Indzhova Videnov Sofiyanski Kostov Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Stanishev Borisov Raykov Oresharski Bliznashki Borisov Gerdzhikov Borisov Yanev Petkov Donev Denkov Glavchev
Italics indicate interim officeholders.

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