Petar Shilev

Detailed list

Birthplace

Saedinenie

Other roles held

member of the Bulgarian National Assembly

Biography

Petar Shilev (1853-1945) was a Bulgarian teacher, revolutionary and public figure from Golyamo Konare, today Saedinenie. He graduated from the Yellow School in Plovdiv and taught in Golyamo Konare and Peshtera. He was active in the Unification of Eastern Rumelia with the Principality of Bulgaria as deputy chair of the Golyamo Konare committee; together with Prodan Tishkov-Chardafon he led the local detachment toward Plovdiv. He was a member of parliament, deputy mayor and district governor of Plovdiv. Between 6 July 1920 and 1 March 1921 he served as mayor of Plovdiv as chair of a three-member commission and authored Memoirs of the Unification.

Officially listed mayoral term in Plovdiv Municipality's mayor archive: 6 July 1920 – 1 March 1921.

More information

• Plovdiv Municipality — Mayors of Plovdiv · 2026-06-17
• Additional source: Wikipedia - Petar Shilev · 2026-06-21

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.