21 July 1981(1981-07-21) (aged 38) Sofia, Bulgaria
Political party
Bulgarian Communist Party
Spouse(s)
Lyubomir Stoychev (divorced) Ivan Slavkov
Alma mater
Sofia University Moscow State University St Antony's College, Oxford
Committees
Committee for Art and Culture
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Lyudmila Todorova Zhivkova (Bulgarian: Людмила Тодорова Живкова; 26 July 1942 – 21 July 1981) was a senior Bulgarian Communist Party functionary and Politburo member. She was the daughter of Bulgarian Communist leader Todor Zhivkov, and primarily known for her interest in preserving and promoting Bulgarian arts and culture on the international stage. Zhivkova was also a controversial figure within the former Soviet Bloc because of her interests in esoteric Eastern religion and spirituality.[1]
^Nedeva Atanasova "Lyudmila Zhivkova and the Paradox of Ideology and Identity in Communist Bulgaria." East European Politics & Societies. Spring 2004, Vol. 18 Issue 2: 278-315.
Lyudmila Todorova Zhivkova (Bulgarian: Людмила Тодорова Живкова; 26 July 1942 – 21 July 1981) was a senior Bulgarian Communist Party functionary and Politburo...
appointing his daughter LyudmilaZhivkova as chair of the commission on science, culture, and art. In this powerful position, Zhivkova became extremely popular...
and 2005. During the Communist regime in Bulgaria, Slavkov married LyudmilaZhivkova, daughter of Bulgaria's Communist leader Todor Zhivkov. Despite his...
seated separately on differing ornate chairs. Bulgarian art historian LyudmilaZhivkova interprets the shared gesture between the central figures as indicative...
1300th anniversary. The centre was initiated at the suggestion of LyudmilaZhivkova, daughter of the communist leader of the former People's Republic...
during the communist period, the daughter of the leader Todor Zhivkov, LyudmilaZhivkova (1942-1981), developed a strong interest in Eastern teachings and...
Bulgaria Maria Zheleva, filmmaker and former First Lady of Bulgaria LyudmilaZhivkova, politician Snejina Gogova, sinologist, sociolinguist and psycholinguist...
made historical symbols of the Bulgarian state in a proclamation of LyudmilaZhivkova. There were also attempts to rehabilitate Todor Aleksandrov because...
of Saint Athanasius were constructed in the 1980s after an idea by LyudmilaZhivkova. The Patriarch of Alexandria, Peter VII, visited the monastery in...
other's wrists in a moment of tenderness and equality (according to LyudmilaZhivkova—a view that is not shared by all specialists). The paintings are Bulgaria's...
the second most powerful member of the party. After the death of LyudmilaZhivkova (General Secretary Todor Zhivkov's daughter) in 1981, Lilov's power...
singer Daniela Radkova. Lyudmila Radkova was born in a family with strong musical traditions. Her mother – Liliana Zhivkova – is a librarian, and performer...
Bulgarian Communist Party, 1954–89) LyudmilaZhivkova (former Culture minister; daughter of Todor Zhivkov) Jenny Zhivkova (Member of Parliament; granddaughter...
31 May 1979: Ferenc Csaba, former diplomat, Hungary 31 May 1979: LyudmilaZhivkova, former politician, Bulgaria 31 May 1979: Petar Mladenov, former President...
Anniversary of the Bulgarian State celebration was the brainchild of LyudmilaZhivkova, and was modeled after the Millennium of the Polish State celebrations...
Parliament Simeon Sakskoburggotski (1937–) Last reigning Bulgarian monarch LyudmilaZhivkova (1942–1981) politician, art historian Dimitar and Konstantin Miladinovi...
through the "13 Centuries of Bulgarian Statehood" fund, established by LyudmilaZhivkova in the 1980s. Since May 2015, collections of the National Gallery...
until 1981, when she was invited for an exhibition personally by LyudmilaZhivkova. In the mid-1970s and later in the 80s her paintings began to be bought...
since the Birth of LyudmilaZhivkova 5 Leva Collector Coin Cu/Ni 5 Leva 20 000 84. 1982 40 Years since the Birth of LyudmilaZhivkova 20 Leva Collector...
Foreign Art. The money was state-owned, granted at the insistence of LyudmilaZhivkova. He collaborated with the newspapers Vestnik na Zhenata, Uchenicheski...
College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, JSTOR Zhivkova, Lyudmila (1980). Chetveroevangelieto na tsar Ivan Aleksandar (in Bulgarian)...
Minister of Justice – Svetla Daskalova – 1966 Minister of Culture - Lyudmilla Zhivkova - 1975 Minister of Education - Drazha Deleva Vulcheva - 1977 Prime Minister...
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