Petar Gudev | |
Native Name: | Петър Гудев |
Order: | 16th |
Office: | Prime Minister of Bulgaria |
Term Start: | 16 March 1907 |
Term End: | 29 January 1908 |
Predecessor: | Dimitar Stanchov (Acting) |
Successor: | Aleksandar Malinov |
Birth Date: | 13 July 1863 |
Birth Place: | Gradets, Present-day Bulgaria (then Ottoman Empire) |
Death Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Party: | People's Liberal Party |
Petar Todorov Gudev (13 July 1863, Gradets – 8 May 1932, Sofia) was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician, who served as Prime Minister.
Gudev was appointed Prime Minister following the assassination of his predecessor Dimitar Petkov (with Dimitar Stanchov serving a few days as interim).[1] His reign proved fairly brief, running from 16 March 1907 until 28 January 1908, and during this time he became notorious for corruption, plundering public funds for his own use.[2]