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Denyo Manev

Denyo Manev was a Bulgarian public figure from the village of Rozovets, born around the 1850s and deceased in 1928. He worked as a clerk at the Brezovo district court, later became a municipal councillor, member and secretary of the District Court, and a member of parliament. In the municipal chronology he chaired the three-member commission from 9 January to 31 March 1914, then served as mayor of Plovdiv until 4 July 1918. Biographical notes also record a 1920 conviction for using municipal resources for personal purposes and receiving a bribe. A scandal broke out after he bought a municipal plot on Sahat Tepe hill for almost nothing and used the fire brigade's labour to build a house there, later torn down stone by stone by outraged citizens; after his 1920 conviction Manev died on 22 June 1928 in Bankya.