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Dimitar Iliev Popov

1927 - 2015

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Dimitar Iliev Popov (Pokriva) (Bulgarian: Димитър Илиев Попов [diˈmitɐr poˈpɔf]; 26 June 1927 – 5 December 2015) was a leading Bulgarian judge and the first prime minister of the country not to be a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party since 1946. He was also the first prime minister since 1944 who was not a Communist or a fellow traveler. Popov, who did not have any party affiliation and was chosen for his perceived impartiality as a member of the judiciary, was selected to head the new government after the resignation of Andrey Lukanov in December 1990 in the face of mass demonstrations and a general strike. As prime minister, Popov oversaw the drafting of the new constitution as well as the second open elections. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Dimitar Iliev Popov is the 13,469th most popular politician (down from 12,936th in 2024), the 169th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 164th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dimitar Iliev Popov ranks 13,469 out of 19,576. Before him are Rafael Núñez, Guaimar IV of Salerno, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Stephen A. Douglas, and Dean Phillips. After him are Ida of Bernicia, Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany, Vaino Väljas, Marcus Titius, Nasrullah Khan, and Nouri Abusahmain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Dimitar Iliev Popov ranks 262. Before him are Piero Tosi, Luis Rijo, Arthur Cohn, John Cranko, Althea Gibson, and Johan Ferner. After him are Roger Carel, Tore Svensson, Giovanni Arpino, Barbara Rush, Pierre Aubert, and Yusuf Idris. Among people deceased in 2015, Dimitar Iliev Popov ranks 249. Before him are Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Anna Kashfi, Henri Coppens, Jacques Sernas, Robert Z'Dar, and Johan Ferner. After him are Karl-Erik Palmér, Oleg Bryjak, Elio Toaff, Olene Walker, Slavko Avsenik, and Oʻtkir Sultonov.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Dimitar Iliev Popov ranks 169 out of 415. Before him are Veselin Topalov (1975), Ferdinand Bruckner (1891), Dobromir Zhechev (1942), Rosen Zhelyazkov (1968), Dimitar Dobrev (1931), and Nadya Nozharova (1916). After him are Simeon Simeonov (1946), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), Aleko Konstantinov (1863), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), and Charles Champaud (1865).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Dimitar Iliev Popov ranks 79. Before him are Ognyan Gerdzhikov (1946), Nikolai Denkov (1962), Teres I (-470), Teodor Teodorov (1859), Rosen Zhelyazkov (1968), and Dimitar Dobrev (1931). After him are Georgi Atanasov (1933), Ivan Kostov (1949), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), Dragan Tsankov (1828), Racho Petrov (1861), and Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849).

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