Zhelyu Zhelev
Former President of Bulgaria
Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev 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... Wikipedia
Born: March 3, 1935, Shumen Province, Bulgaria
Died: January 30, 2015 (age 79 years), Sofia, Bulgaria
Children: Stanka Zheleva and Yordanka Zheleva
Books: Fascism
Spouse: Maria Zheleva (m. 1966–2013)
Party: Union of Democratic Forces
Nationality: Bulgarian