Burmov Government

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Todor Burmov Government
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1st Cabinet of Bulgaria
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Date formed5 July 1879
Date dissolved24 November 1879
People and organisations
Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg
Head of government Todor Burmov
Member party Conservative party
History
ElectionSeptember 1879
Legislature term1st National Assembly (21 October 1879 - 24 November 1879)
Successor First Kliment Government

The Cabinet of Todor Burmov is the First government of the Principality of Bulgaria, appointed by Alexander I of Battenberg. Burmov was a close associate of Alexander of Bulgaria and so was chosen as the Prime Minister of the newly independent country on 5 July 1879 despite the relatively weak position of the Conservative party. [1] The cabinet was tasked with organizing and holding elections for the First National Assembly of Bulgaria, which took place in September 1879.

Contents

The fall of the cabinet was due to the narrow social base of the Conservative party and to some unpopular financial measures, including: raising the salt tax, dropping the exchange rate of the silver ruble and others.

Politics

Burmov's cabinet completed the structuring of the central and local administration bodies inherited from the Provisional Russian Government. Contrary to the stipulations of the Berlin Treaty, it continued its efforts to create a regular army instead of armed militia. The cabinet established customs on the southern border, however all goods with areas of origin in Eastern Rumelia or Macedonia were exempted from custom duties. The Foreign ministry saw the establishment of diplomatic relations with neighbouring countries and the Great powers. [2]

The government of Burmov was under strong Russian influence. It was put together by Alexander I on the orders of the Russian diplomatic representative in Sofia. After the elections for National Assembly in October, all decisions on the matter of domestic politics were dictated by the opinion of Tsar Alexander II. However the Cabinet did not succumb to the lobbying of Russian bankers and military circles to turn the Bulgarian National Bank into a joint stock company and to run a railway line from Sofia to the Danube instead of running it from Sofia to Vienna.

Justice Minister Dimitar Grekov set up joint commissions to resolve property disputes between returning Turkish expatriates and Bulgarians who occupied the vacated lands, but the issue has not been resolved during the short term of the cabinet. Domestically, the government was forced to contend with the Turkish bands that lingered long after the end of the Russo-Turkish war in the regions of Eski Cuma and Osman Pazar. The Cabinet's main political opponent was the Liberal Party, which won the National election in September 1879 and overthrew Burmov and his ministers after successful vote of no confidence in November 1879. [3]

Cabinet

The cabinet was made up of members of the Conservative Party, which reflected the interests of a small stratum of the merchant-bourgeoisie, and a Russian general at the head of the War Ministry. The Conservative party's leadership core includes political figures with a European upbringing and culture.

Members of the First Bulgarian Cabinet NHMB-First-Bulgarian-Council-of-Ministers-1879.jpg
Members of the First Bulgarian Cabinet

The Council of Ministers is formed by 4 ministers and one Prime Minister

OfficeNameParty
Prime Minister Todor Burmov Conservative Party
Minister of Foreign affairs and Religious denominationsMarko Balabanov Conservative Party
Minister of Justice Dimitar Grekov Conservative Party
Minister of the Interior Todor Burmov Conservative Party
Minister of National Education Todor Burmov Conservative Party
Minister of Finance Grigor Nachovich Conservative Party
Minister of WarPyotr ParensovRussian military

26th of July 1879

OfficeNameParty
Minister of National EducationGeorgi Atanasovich Conservative Party

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