Traicho Kostov

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Traycho Kostov Dzhunev (Bulgarian: Трайчо Костов Джунев; 17 June 1897 – 16 December 1949) was a Bulgarian politician, the leading figure of the Bulgarian Communist Party.

Kostov, as the President of the Council of Ministers and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, was sentenced to death by the Bulgarian Supreme Court. He was tried together with ten others in Sofia, from 7 December until 14 December 1949. Two days later, he was executed.