Background
ZHIVKOV, Todor was born on September 7, 1911 in Pravets Village, Sofia District.
ZHIVKOV, Todor was born on September 7, 1911 in Pravets Village, Sofia District.
Student, Secondary Graphical school and High School, Sofia, Bulgaria
graduate, Sofia Polygraphic School, 1932.
Printer
joined Young Communist League, 1928, head, 1934-1941, joined Bulgarian Communist Party, 1932, head, 1934-1941. Active organizer partisan movement in Sofia District during anti-fascist struggle in Bulgaria. Candidate member Center Committee of Bulgarian Communist Party, 1945, full member, 1948;1st secretary Sofia Municipal Committee, 1948-1949.
Alternate member, party secretary Bulgarian Communist Party, 1950, member political bureau Center Committee, 1951-1989, 1st secretary,1954-1981, general secretary, 1981-1989. Deputy National Assembly of People's Republicof Bulgaria, from 1945, member presidium, 1946-1962. Prime minister, chairman Council of Ministers of Bulgaria, 1962-1971.
President State Council, 1971-1989.
Resistance against Nazis 1941-1944. Central Committee, Communist Party 1945, full member 1948-1989. Political Bureau and Secretary Central Committee 1950 also First Secretary Sofia City Committee and Sofia County Committee of Communist Party.
Political Bureau 1951, First Secretary Central Committee 1954-1981, General Secretary 1981-1989.
Council of People"s Republic 1971-1989.
M. Mara Malleeva (deceased). Children: Ludmilla, Vladimir.