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In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Mitev and the family name is Zhelev.
Zhelyu Zhelev
Желю Желев
1st President of Bulgaria
In office 22 January 1992 – 22 January 1997
Prime Minister
Philip Dimitrov
Lyuben Berov
Reneta Indzhova
Zhan Videnov
Vice President
Blaga Dimitrova
Preceded by
Himself (as Chairman)
Succeeded by
Petar Stoyanov
Chairman (President) of Bulgaria
In office 1 August 1990 – 22 January 1992
Prime Minister
Andrey Lukanov
Dimitar Popov
Philip Dimitrov
Deputy
Atanas Semerdzhiev
Preceded by
Petar Mladenov
Succeeded by
Himself (as President)
Leader of the Union of Democratic Forces
In office 7 December 1989 – 1 August 1990
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Petar Beron
Personal details
Born
Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev
(1935-03-03)3 March 1935 Veselinovo, Tsarsom of Bulgaria
Died
30 January 2015(2015-01-30) (aged 79) Sofia, Bulgaria
Resting place
Central Sofia Cemetery
Political party
Independent (1990–2015)
Other political affiliations
Union of Democratic Forces (1989–1990)
Communist Party (1960–1965)
Spouse
Maria Zheleva
(m. 1961; died 2013)
Children
Mitko (died 80 days after birth) Yordanka (died in 1993)[1] Stanka
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Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev (Bulgarian: Желю Митев Желев; Bulgarian:[ˈʒɛʎuˈmitefˈʒɛlef]; 3 March 1935 – 30 January 2015) 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.[2] 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.
^"Yordanka Zheleva". Orlando Sentinel. 28 April 1993. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
^Detrez, Raymond (2006). "Zhelev, Zhelyo (1935- )". Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland; Toronto; Oxford: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 491–493.
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