Racho Petrov

Racho Petrov Рачо Петров
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12th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office 25 January 1901 – 5 March 1901
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Todor Ivanchov
Succeeded by	Petko Karavelov
In office 19 May 1903 – 5 November 1906
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Stoyan Danev
Succeeded by	Dimitar Petkov
Chief of the General Staff
In office 9 September 1885 – 29 April 1887
Monarch	Alexander
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Stefan Paprikov
In office 23 October 1887 – 15 April 1894
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Stefan Paprikov
Succeeded by	Nikola Ivanov
War Minister
In office 10 July 1887 – 1 September 1887
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Danail Nikolaev
Succeeded by	Sava Mutkurov
In office 27 April 1894 – 29 November 1896
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Mikhail Savov
Succeeded by	Nikola Ivanov
Minister of Interior
In office 10 December 1900 – 4 March 1901
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Vasil Radoslavov
Succeeded by	Mihail Sarafov
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 21 January 1901 – 4 March 1901
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Dimitar Tonchev
Succeeded by	Stoyan Danev
In office 18 May 1903 – 4 November 1906
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Stoyan Danev
Succeeded by	Dimitar Petkov
Personal details
Born	3 March 1861 Shumen, Ottoman Empire
Died	Belovo, Bulgaria
Military service
Allegiance	Bulgarian Army
Years of service	1878—1917
Rank	General of the Infantry
Battles/wars	Serbo-Bulgarian War, First Balkan War, Second Balkan War, Balkans Campaign (World War I)

Racho Petrov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Рачо Петров Стоянов) (3 March 1861 – 22 January 1942) was a leading Bulgarian general and politician.

Petrov was born in Shumen. A talented soldier, he was appointed Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27. During the First World War he served as Chief of the 4th Army.

As a politician he twice served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria as the non-party head of an interim administration and then for a longer period from 1903–1906, having been appointed for fear of war after a Bulgarian insurrection in Ottoman Macedonia.

See also

• List of Bulgarian generals in the Kingdom of Bulgaria