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Georgi Atanasov

1933 - 2022

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Georgi Ivanov Atanasov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Атанасов; 25 July 1933 – 31 March 2022) was a Bulgarian politician and a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party who served as Prime Minister from 1986 to 1990. Atanasov supported the move to oust Todor Zhivkov as Chairman of the State Council, joining Petar Mladenov in leading the opposition. In November 1992, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for embezzlement, although he was pardoned in 1994. Atanasov died at 31 March 2022, at the age of 88 in Sofia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgi Atanasov is the 13,663rd most popular politician (down from 12,999th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 166th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Georgi Atanasov ranks 13,663 out of 19,576. Before him are Gregoria, King Kao of Zhou, Frans Schollaert, Māris Kučinskis, Júlio Prestes, and Georgios Rallis. After him are Kōichi Kido, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Mario Abdo Benítez, Prince Aribert of Anhalt, Vitaly Churkin, and Puzur-Ashur III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Georgi Atanasov ranks 302. Before him are Arnold Koller, Renée Colliard, Meena Kumari, Sergio Gonella, Severino Poletto, and Theodore Roszak. After him are Ayako Wakao, William Kahan, József Bencsics, Giuliano Sarti, Lucian Pintilie, and Peter Post. Among people deceased in 2022, Georgi Atanasov ranks 323. Before him are Sally Kellerman, Renée Colliard, Jerry Allison, Pleun Strik, Margit Korondi, and Severino Poletto. After him are Ri Yong-ho, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Gheorghe Berceanu, Egon Franke, Eva-Maria Hagen, and Jean Philippe.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Georgi Atanasov ranks 170 out of 415. Before him are Ferdinand Bruckner (1891), Dobromir Zhechev (1942), Dimitar Dobrev (1931), Nadya Nozharova (1916), Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), and Simeon Simeonov (1946). After him are Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), Aleko Konstantinov (1863), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), Charles Champaud (1865), Ivan Kostov (1949), and Lyuben Karavelov (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Georgi Atanasov ranks 79. Before him are Ognyan Gerdzhikov (1946), Nikolai Denkov (1962), Teres I (-470), Teodor Teodorov (1859), Dimitar Dobrev (1931), and Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927). After him are Ivan Kostov (1949), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), Dragan Tsankov (1828), Racho Petrov (1861), Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), and Konstantin Muraviev (1893).

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