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.^[1]

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

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He was Governor General of Eastern Rumelia between 1884 and 1885 when it was part of the Ottoman Empire.^[2] Krastevich died in Istanbul on 16 November 1898.

Honorary member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.