Todor Zhivkov

Acting

Born: 1911-09-07
Died: 1998-08-05
From: Pravets, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

Todor ŽivkovToдор ЖивковTodor Jivkov

Biography

Todor Hristov Zhivkov (7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was a Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 as General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He was the second longest-serving leader in the Eastern Bloc after Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, the longest-serving leader within the Warsaw Pact and the longest-serving non-royal ruler in Bulgarian history.

Awards & Nominations34 won · 0 nominated

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Gold Olympic Order

1987
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Order of Georgi Dimitrov

1986
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Order of Lenin

1981
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Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

1981
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Order of Georgi Dimitrov

1981
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Hero of the Soviet Union

1977
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Order of Lenin

1977
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Dimitrov Prize medal

1976
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Order of Lenin

1971
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Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

1971
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Order of Georgi Dimitrov

1971
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Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria

1961
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Order of Georgi Dimitrov

1961
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Order of the Republic

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Order of Prince Henry

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Order of Playa Girón

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Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star

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Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

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Order of the October Revolution

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Order of the Chrysanthemum

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Order of the Aztec Eagle

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Order of the Redeemer

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Order of the Yugoslav Star

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Order of José Martí

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Order of Karl Marx

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Order of Sukhbaatar

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Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile

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Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry

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Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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Order of the Nile

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Order of Klement Gottwald

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Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer

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Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Order "13 Centuries of Bulgaria"