13 Facts About Andrey Lyapchev

Andrey Tasev Lyapchev was a Bulgarian Prime Minister in three consecutive governments.

Andrey Lyapchev's family is thought to have originated from a certain Dore, a Megleno-Romanian potter who fled the Islamization of his native Notia and settled in Resen in the 18th century.

Andrey Lyapchev started his education in Resen but after the April Uprising of 1876 the local school was shut down by Ottoman authorities, following the fate of many other Bulgarian schools in Macedonia.

Andrey Lyapchev spent the next three years helping his brother Georgi run his shop in Bitola.

In 1879 Andrey Lyapchev signed in the Bitola gymnasium and two years later he moved to the newly established Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki.

Andrey Lyapchev was sent to the Panagyurishte committee on 2 September 1885, but authorities arrested him on the way.

Andrey Lyapchev even went on to lead a group of nationalists that beat up conservative politician Todor Burmov, a deed that Andrey Lyapchev himself later dismissed.

Andrey Lyapchev entered the Bulgarian parliament in 1908 and before long rose to ministerial rank.

Andrey Lyapchev fell out of favour under Aleksandar Stamboliyski and was imprisoned between 1922 and the military coup of 1923.

Andrey Lyapchev became prime minister on 4 January 1926 at the head of a coalition between the Democratic Alliance and the National Liberal Party.

Andrey Lyapchev generally pursued a more moderate line than his predecessor Aleksandar Tsankov, declaring an amnesty for Communist prisoners.

Andrey Lyapchev secured two loans from the League of Nations to help bolster the economy, although economic problems were exacerbated by an earthquake in Plovdiv.

Andrey Lyapchev was criticized for his toleration of the activities of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization which strained relations with Yugoslavia and Greece.