Gavril Krastevich

Gavril Krastevich (Bulgarian: Гаврил Кръстевич; 5 April 1817 – 19 November 1898) was a Bulgarian politician and historian, and the first translator of Benjamin Franklin into Bulgarian. He was born in Kotel in 1817.

Gavril Krastevich
Governor General of Eastern Rumelia
In office
16 May 1884  18 September 1885
Preceded byAlexander Bogoridi
Succeeded byAlexander I of Bulgaria
Personal details
Born(1817-04-05)5 April 1817
Kotel, Ottoman Empire (now in Bulgaria)
Died19 November 1898(1898-11-19) (aged 81)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)

He was Governor General of Eastern Rumelia between 1884 and 1885 when it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Krastevich died in Istanbul on 16 November 1898.

Honorary member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

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