Alexander Bogoridi
Alexander Bogoridi | |
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Governor General of Eastern Rumelia | |
In office 16 May 1879 – 16 May 1884 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Gavril Krastevich |
Personal details | |
Born | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) | 5 April 1822
Died | 17 July 1910 Paris, France | (aged 88)
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Prince (Knyaz) Alexander Stefanov Bogoridi (Bulgarian: княз Александър (Алеко) Стефанов Богориди; Turkish: Aleko Paşa; Greek: Αλέξανδρος Βογορίδης) (1822 – July 17, 1910) was an Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin.
Born in Constantinople, Alexander Bogoridi was the youngest son of one of the most influential persons in the Ottoman Empire – Stefan Bogoridi – and brother of Nicolae Vogoride, who became a prominent Moldavian politician. Alexander Bogoridi studied in the Greek School in Phanar, in Constantinople and in France.
He received his higher education in State Law in
Telegraphs, diplomatic agent in Moldavia, member of the diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and ambassador in Austria-Hungary
(1876–1877).
After the
Governor-General of Eastern Rumelia on March 13, 1879.[1] He was connected to the Liberal Party leaders expelled from the Principality of Bulgaria – Petko Slaveykov and Petko Karavelov
.
After the abdication of Prince
Alexander I in 1886, Alexander Bogoridi was one of the candidates for the Bulgarian throne. He died in Paris
.
Notes
- ^ See Hertslet, Edward (1891), "Turkish Firman approving Aleko Pasha as Governor-General of Eastern Roumelia, 16th of May 1879", The Map of Europe by Treaty; which have taken place since the general peace of 1814. With numerous maps and notes, vol. IV (1875–1891) (First ed.), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, p. 2777, retrieved 2013-01-12