14 Facts About Todor Kavaldzhiev

Todor Kolev Kavaldzhiev was Vice President of Bulgaria from 1997 until 2002.

Todor Kavaldzhiev was a partner to Petar Stoyanov, the 2nd President of Bulgaria.

Todor Kavaldzhiev was proven to be an anti-communist, due to being repressed during the communist era in Bulgaria.

Todor Kavaldzhiev was an activist into restoring the BZNS Nikola Petkov.

Todor Kavaldzhiev was born in Glavan, Tsardom of Bulgaria in 26 January 1934.

Todor Kavaldzhiev was a pro-BZNS activist during his teens, as he vowed to restore the Agrarian Youth Wing, which failed due to his arrest and imprisonment in 1952.

Todor Kavaldzhiev was first sent to the prison in Haskovo, then he spent 11 years in Pazardzhik and Stara Zagora.

Todor Kavaldzhiev was sent to Belene labour camp twice, where harsh labour was implemented.

Todor Kavaldzhiev worked as a builder for Sofstroi, a construction company located in Sofia from 1965 to 1966 for just one year.

In 1989, Kavaldzhiev addressed to the prime minister Georgi Atanasov via radio Svobodna Evropa to remove the law of the dispersal of the BZNS Nikola Petkov and amnesty to the sued BZNS members.

Todor Kavaldzhiev would be elected as the People's Representative of the VII Great National Assembly.

Todor Kavaldzhiev was one of the first people to publicly address the mismanagement of the Union of Democratic Forces.

Todor Kavaldzhiev became a candidate for vice president of the UDF.

Todor Kavaldzhiev first warned about corrupt practices and that ex-communists most actively take control of enterprises and facilities in the process of privatization, often simply draining and destroying them.