Dimitar Grekov

Dimitar Grekov
Димитър Греков
10th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office 30 January 1899 – 13 October 1899
Monarch	Ferdinand
Preceded by	Konstantin Stoilov
Succeeded by	Todor Ivanchov
Minister of Justice
In office 5 July 1879 – 26 March 1880
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	Hristo Stoyanov
In office 23 June 1882 – 3 March 1883
Preceded by	Georgi Teoharov
Succeeded by	Georgi Teoharov
Personal details
Born	14 September 1847 Bolhrad, Russian Empire
Died	7 May 1901 (1901-05-08) (aged 53) Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian
Political party	People's Liberal Party
Occupation	Judicial Officer, Politician

Dimitar Panayotov Grekov (Bulgarian: Димитър Панайотов Греков) (14 September 1847 – 7 May 1901) was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who also served as Prime Minister.

A native of Bolgrad in Bessarabia (now Bolhrad, Ukraine), Grekov was educated at a French legal school.

Grekov, at the time a Conservative, was a member of the Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly convened in February 1879, a body that formed the basis of the national parliament of the newly independent state. In the 1879 cabinet of Todor Burmov he served as Minister of Justice, the first of an independent Bulgaria.

In 1886 prime minister and regent Stefan Stambolov chose Grekov, along with Konstantin Kanchev and Konstantin Stoilov, to travel around Europe in order to find a prince suitable for the throne of Bulgaria. The three man team searched in Belgrade and Vienna and were refused entry into Russia before settling on Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to whom they offered the crown.

Grekov was appointed prime minister on 30 January 1899 and was removed from office on 13 October that same year after a brief and unremarkable tenure.