Aleksandar Malinov (3 May 1867-20 March 1938) was Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 29 January 1908 to 29 March 1911 (succeeding Petar Gudev and preceding Ivan Geshov), 21 June to 21 November 1918 (succeeding Vasil Radoslavov and preceding Teodor Teodorov), and 29 June to 12 October 1931 (succeeding Andrey Lyapchev and preceding Nikola Mushanov). Malinov was a member of the conservative Democratic Party.
Biography[]
Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov was born in Pandakli, Bessarabia, Russian Empire (present-day Orihivka, Ukraine) on 3 May 1867 to a family of ethnic Bulgarians. Malinov was a prosecutor and judge before entering politics with the Christian democratic Democratic Party, and he veered towards liberalism and supported close ties with the Russian Empire. He first served as Prime Minister from 1908 to 1911, presiding over an unremarkable tenure. However, while in opposition, he oppoesd Bulgaria's alignment towards the Central Powers and supported neutrality during World War I, and, in 1918, he was recalled specifically to negotiate an armistice with the Entente. He oversaw the Bulgarian surrender, but he resigned on 28 November 1918 after Romania reoccupied the Dobrudja region. In 1931, Malinov briefly returned as Prime Minister, arresting a number of prominent Macedonians in order to keep the peace with Greece. However, poor health forced his resignation, and he died in 1938 at the age of 70.