Petar Todorov Gudev (13 July 1863, Gradets, Sliven Province

Gradets, Sliven Province

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 - 8 May 1932) was a leading Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n liberal

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 politician, who served as Prime Minister.

Gudev was appointed Prime Minister following the assassination of his predecessor Dimitar Petkov

Dimitar Petkov

Dimitar Nikolov Petkov was a leading member of the Bulgarian People's Liberal Party and the country's Prime Minister from November 5, 1906 until he was assassinated in Sofia the following year....

 (with Dimitar Stanchov

Dimitar Stanchov

Dimitar Yanev Stanchov, sometimes transliterated as Stancioff, was a Bulgarian diplomat and politician who served as acting Prime Minister from 12–16 March 1907 following the assassination of Dimitar Petkov...

serving a few days as interim). His reign proved fairly brief, running from 16 March 1907 until 28 January 1908, and during this time he became notorious for corruption, plundering public funds for his own use.