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Zhelyu Zhelev
Желю Желев


1st President of Bulgaria
In office 22 January 1992 – 22 January 1997
Prime Minister	Philip Dimitrov Lyuben Berov Reneta Indzhova Zhan Videnov
Vice President	Blaga Dimitrova
Preceded by	Himself (as Chairman)
Succeeded by	Petar Stoyanov
Chairman (President) of Bulgaria
In office 1 August 1990 – 22 January 1992
Prime Minister	Andrey Lukanov Dimitar Popov Philip Dimitrov
Deputy	Atanas Semerdzhiev
Preceded by	Petar Mladenov
Succeeded by	Himself (as President)
Leader of the Union of Democratic Forces
In office 7 December 1989 – 1 August 1990
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Petar Beron

Personal details
Born	Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev (1935-03-03)3 March 1935 Veselinovo, Tsarsom of Bulgaria
Died	30 January 2015(2015-01-30) (aged 79) Sofia, Bulgaria
Resting place	Central Sofia Cemetery
Political party	Independent (1990–2015)
Other political affiliations	Union of Democratic Forces (1989–1990) Communist Party (1960–1965)
Spouse	Maria Zheleva (m. 1961; died 2013)
Children	Mitko (died 80 days after birth) Yordanka (died in 1993)^[1] Stanka
Occupation	Politician philosopher
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Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev (Bulgarian: Желю Митев Желев; Bulgarian: [ˈʒɛʎu ˈmitef ˈʒɛlef]; 3 March 1935 – 30 January 2015) was a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who served as the first democratically elected and non-Communist President of Bulgaria, from 1990 to 1997. Zhelev was one of the most prominent figures of the 1989 Bulgarian Revolution, which ended the 35 year rule of President Todor Zhivkov.^[2] A member of the Union of Democratic Forces, he was elected as President by the 7th Grand National Assembly. Two years later, he won Bulgaria's first direct presidential elections. He lost his party's nomination for his 1996 reelection campaign after losing a tough primary race to Petar Stoyanov.

^ "Yordanka Zheleva". Orlando Sentinel. 28 April 1993. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
^ Detrez, Raymond (2006). "Zhelev, Zhelyo (1935- )". Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland; Toronto; Oxford: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 491–493.