Hafuz Ahmed Efendi

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Hafuz Ahmed Efendi was a public figure from the Ottoman Empire listed in Plovdiv's mayoral chronology as acting mayor in the first half of 1884. Biographical data about him is extremely sparse. The Wikipedia article, based on Plovdiv's Mayors, notes that contemporary newspapers described the municipality's condition as poor under his temporary administration. Local reporting based on researcher Katerina Chobanova describes him as a difficult mayor to work with because he did not know Bulgarian; the same photo-collection project could not locate a portrait, including after enquiries with the Mufti's office.

Officially listed mayoral term in Plovdiv Municipality's mayor archive: acting mayor 13 January – 8 May 1884.

More information

• Plovdiv Municipality — Mayors of Plovdiv · 2026-06-17
• Additional source: Marica - Katerina collected the portraits of Plovdiv's 60 mayors · 2026-06-21
• Additional source: Marica - Researcher searches for a photograph of mayor Hristo Shkodrov · 2026-06-21
• Additional source: Wikipedia - Hafuz Ahmed Efendi · 2026-06-21
• Wikipedia article: Hafuz Ahmed Efendi

The base is Plovdiv Municipality's official “Mayors of Plovdiv” page. The incumbent term is added from Bulgaria's Administrative Register because the municipal historical list still stops at the 2019-2023 term.