Pencho Zlatev

Pencho Zlatev Пенчо Златев
25th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office 22 January 1935 – 21 April 1935
Monarch	Boris III
Preceded by	Kimon Georgiev
Succeeded by	Andrey Toshev
Personal details
Born	2 November 1881 Elena, Bulgaria
Died	Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian
Military service
Service/branch	Bulgarian Land Forces
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars, World War I

Pencho Ivanov Zlatev (Bulgarian: Пенчо Иванов Златев), also known as Petko Ivanov Zlatev (Bulgarian: Петко Иванов Златев) (2 November 1881, Elena – 24 July 1948) was a Bulgarian general and politician in the years before the Second World War.

Biography

The Inspector-General of the Cavalry, Zlatev was also a member of the Military League, a right-wing group that had close links to Zveno. Following the 1934 coup by this movement Zlatev became Minister of Defence, although as a staunch monarchist he became wary of the growing republican sentiments that were being expressed by some members of the new regime. As a result Tsar Boris III orchestrated a counter-coup against the new regime and placed Zlatev in as Prime Minister on 22 January 1935. Zlatev, who was only intended as a strong military presence in the immediate aftermath of the coup, was quickly replaced once Boris' control was assured, whilst the decision to imprison Kimon Georgiev and Aleksandar Tsankov also weakened Zlatev's position.

See also

• List of Bulgarian generals in the Kingdom of Bulgaria