Aleksi Ivanov Explained

Aleksi Ivanov Vasilev
Order:Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
Primeminister:Georgi Atanasov
Predecessor:Position established
Order2:Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Term Start2:24 March 1986
Term End2:19 December 1988
Primeminister2:Georgi Atanasov
Predecessor2:Aleksander Petkov
Successor2:Georgi Menov
Term End3:2 December 1989
Birth Date:22 October 1922
Birth Place:Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea, Kingdom of Romania
Death Place:Sofia, Bulgaria
Term Start:26 December 1986
Term End:19 August 1987
Party:Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union
Branch:
Battles:World War Two
Birth Name:Alexe Ion Bădărău

Aleksi Ivanov Vasilev (Bulgarian: Алекси Иванов Василев), born Alexe Ion Bădărău (October 22, 1922 – June 9, 1997) was a Bulgarian politician from the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union who was Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the government of Georgi Atanasov from March 24, 1986, until December 19, 1988, and Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers.

Early life

He was born in Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea to a Romanian father and Bulgarian mother. He graduated from junior high school in his native village in Romania, then in 1936 - 1938 he was a worker in a factory for hemp and manila ropes in Tulcea. In 1939, he returned to his village.

Military service and move to Bulgaria

In November 1940, he was called up for regular military service in the Romanian Army's 2nd Army Corps in Bucharest. That month, he and his family went to Bulgaria, where he unofficially changed his name to Alexi Ivanov.

In 1943-1945 he served regularly in the All-Army Truck Regiment of the Bulgarian Army in Sofia, where he participated in the air defense of capital during the Bombing of Sofia by the US Air force and the Royal Air Force. He took part with the regiment in which he served in the 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état. Immediately after the 9 September coup, he served in the Ministry of War and in February–May 1945 he participated in combat operations against Nazi Germany as part of the First Army.

Communist era

He was the Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers, Chairman of the Council for Agriculture and Forestry Economy and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the government of Georgi Atanasov from March 24, 1986, until December 19, 1988. He was also deputy chairman of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union responsible for organizational, political and ideological issues from December 1, 1976, until December 2, 1989, and he closely followed the lead of the chairman of the Agrarian Union during communism in Bulgaria, Petar Tanchev.

He died on June 9, 1997, in Sofia.

Crimes and accusations

After the democratic changes in Bulgaria in 1989 he was indicted and brought to justice: