Ivan Stanchev

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Birthplace

Panagyurishte

Education

Vasil Levski National Military University

Biography

Ivan Georgiev Stanchev (1869-1931) was a Bulgarian officer and colonel from Panagyurishte. He graduated from the Military School in Sofia in 1892, served in infantry and quartermaster posts, and took part in the Balkan Wars and the First World War. The official mayoral chronology lists him as mayor of Plovdiv in January-June 1923; the Regional History Museum Plovdiv study specifies that he headed a three-member municipal commission elected on 10 January 1923 and dissolved after the 9 June coup.

Officially listed mayoral term in Plovdiv Municipality's mayor archive: 11 January – 9 June 1923.

More information

• Plovdiv Municipality — Mayors of Plovdiv · 2026-06-17
• Additional source: Regional History Museum Plovdiv - The role of the Third Army District in Plovdiv political life between the world wars · 2026-06-21
• Additional source: Wikipedia - Ivan Stanchev (officer) · 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.