site.btaNovember 19, 1962: Todor Zhivkov Is Elected PM to Become Bulgaria's Longest-Serving Communist Leader
Todor Zhivkov, then only a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, speaks at a campaign event to constituents from in a central Sofia borough. The event is held in Sofia's Music Theatre, November 29, 1952 (BTA Archive)
Sixty-two years ago today, the Bulgarian National Assembly elects Todor Zhivkov as Prime Minister.
Zhivkov (September 7, 1911 – August 5, 1998) was at the help of Bulgaria since 1954, when he became First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party
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