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About Zhelyu Zhelev
Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev was a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who served as the first democratically elected and non-Communist president of Bulgaria, from 1990 to 1997. Zhelev was one of the most prominent figures of the 1989 Bulgarian Revolution, which ended the 35 year rule of President Todor Zhivkov. A member of the Union of Democratic Forces, he was elected as president by the 7th Grand National Assembly. Two years later, he won Bulgaria's first direct presidential elections. He lost his party's nomination for his 1996 reelection campaign after losing a tough primary race to Petar Stoyanov.
Everything about Zhelyu Zhelev →- Occupation
- politician, philosopher, non-fiction writer
- Position held
- President of Bulgaria, member of the Bulgarian National Assembly, Chairman (President) of Bulgaria
- Citizenship
- Bulgaria
- Born
- March 3, 1935
- Died
- January 30, 2015