Ivan Chunchev

Иван Чунчев
Mayor of Pazardzhik
In office
14 January 1878 – 22 February 1878
Preceded by| Office established
Succeeded by| Mihalaki Velichkov
Personal details
Born| (1844-06-23)June 23, 1844
Patalenitsa, Ottoman Empire
Died| January 15, 1940(1940-01-15) (aged 95)
Pazardzhik, Kingdom of Bulgaria

Ivan Georgiev Chunchev (Bulgarian: Иван Георгиев Чунчев) was a Bulgarian public official, teacher and lawyer.[1][2][page needed]

## Biography

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### Early life and education

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Chunchev was born in Patalenitsa. He first got his primary education in his native village, after which he was sent to study in a monastery in Krichim in 1853. In 1861, he went to a class school of Yoakim Gruev in Plovdiv. He was fluent in Bulgarian, Turkish, Persian, Arabic and Russian.[3] He began his teaching career firstly in Kalofer from 1867 to 1872, in Plovdiv from 1872 to 1873. He was a trader.[4]

### Mayoralty

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After the liberation of Pazardzhik, together with Petko Radomirov and Alexa Daskalov, they went to Plovdiv, to the headquarters of the Russian troops, and sent a written request from the people of Pazardzhik to help them in establishing order in the town and to organize the election of a legitimate civil government. On 21–22 January 1878, the first city government was elected and he was the first elected mayor.[4] He then resigned because he went to Plovdiv and enrolled in the courses for civil servants.[4]

### Late years

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He was interned in Balnubar (today Kubrat), where he worked as an intern judge. At the same place, he participated in a creation of a chitalishte with 8 other people.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Иван Чунчев 1844–1934 – www.GTrees.net". www.gtrees.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
2. ^ Документалното богатство на Пазарджишки окръг (1833–1944) (PDF). Окръжен държавен архив Пазарджик.
3. ^ "Иван Чунчев". Pzhistory (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-03-02.
4. ^ a b c "Иван Чунчев". lich.pzhistory.info. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
5. ^ e-razgrad. "125 години Народно читалище "Св. св. Кирил и Методий – 1891" – Кубрат – E-razgrad" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-03-02.