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Aleksandŭr Tsankov

prime minister of Bulgaria
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Born:
1879, Oriakhova, Bulg.
Died:
July 17, 1959, Belgrano, Arg. (aged 80)

Aleksandŭr Tsankov (born 1879, Oriakhova, Bulg.—died July 17, 1959, Belgrano, Arg.) was a politician, who served as the prime minister of Bulgaria (1923–26) during years of great domestic unrest and violence. Tsankov studied law at Sofia University, where in 1910 he became professor of economics. Originally a social democrat, he had by 1922 moved considerably to the right politically, becoming in that year leader of the conservative group National Concord (Naroden Zgovor), which conspired to overthrow the radical peasant dictatorship of Aleksandŭr Stamboliyski. After the military coup of June 9, 1923, Tsankov replaced Stamboliyski as premier but had to face ...(100 of 215 words)

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