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Dragan Tsankov

1828 - 1911

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Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov (Bulgarian: Драган Киряков Цанков) (9 November 1828 – 24 March 1911) was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country. He was born in Svishtov. Tsankov was initially a civil servant in the administration of the Ottoman Empire, who in the 1850s gained a reputation as a supporter of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church. His paper Bũlgaria appeared in Constantinople in 1859 and espoused his religious positions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Dragan Tsankov is the 13,994th most popular politician (up from 14,386th in 2024), the 182nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 195th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Bulgarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dragan Tsankov ranks 13,994 out of 19,576. Before him are Roberto María Ortiz, Carl Theodor Zahle, Bagrat Shinkuba, Béla Károlyi, Viktor Nogin, and Tirigan. After him are Raila Odinga, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Jørgen Løvland, Jean Ping, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, and Mike Espy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Dragan Tsankov ranks 53. Before him are Viktor Rydberg, René Goblet, Herman Grimm, Staka Skenderova, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, and Joseph Hellmesberger Sr.. After him are Albrecht von Graefe, Boris Chicherin, Júlia Szendrey, Désiré Charnay, Luiza Pesjak, and Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera. Among people deceased in 1911, Dragan Tsankov ranks 74. Before him are Pedro Paterno, Gustaf Fröding, Edwin Austin Abbey, José López Domínguez, Kanno Sugako, and John Douglas. After him are Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Antonio Fogazzaro, Reinhold Begas, Albert Ladenburg, Dmitry Bogrov, and Eugene Burton Ely.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Dragan Tsankov ranks 182 out of 415. Before him are Ivan Kostov (1949), Lyuben Karavelov (1834), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), Peyo Yavorov (1878), Azis (1978), and Geo Milev (1895). After him are Racho Petrov (1861), Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), Konstantin Muraviev (1893), Dobri Bozhilov (1884), Andrey Toshev (1867), and Petko Karavelov (1843).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Dragan Tsankov ranks 83. Before him are Rosen Zhelyazkov (1968), Dimitar Dobrev (1931), Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Ivan Kostov (1949), and Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822). After him are Racho Petrov (1861), Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), Konstantin Muraviev (1893), Dobri Bozhilov (1884), Andrey Toshev (1867), and Petko Karavelov (1843).

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