Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov (Bulgarian: Драган Киряков Цанков) (9 November 1828 – 24 March 1911) was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country.Born in SvishtovTsankov was initially a civil servant in the administration of the Ottoman Empire who in the 1850s gained a reputation as a supporter of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church. His paper Bũlgaria appeared in Constantinople in 1859 and espoused his religious positions.
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active years end date
1880-12-10, 1884-07-11
active years start date
1880-04-07, 1883-09-19
birth date
1828-11-09
birth place
Ottoman Empire, Svishtov
death date
1911-03-24
death place
Bulgaria, Sofia
monarch
Alexander of Battenberg
order in office
Minister of Foreign Affairs, 3rd Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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