Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
September 7, 1911
Died
August 5, 1998 (age 86)
Place of Birth
Pravets, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Also Known As
Todor Živkov
Toдор Живков
Todor Jivkov
Todor Zhivkov
Biography
Todor Hristov Zhivkov (7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was a Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 as General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He was the second longest-serving leader in the Eastern Bloc after Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, the longest-serving leader within the Warsaw Pact and the longest-serving non-royal ruler in Bulgarian history.
