Yakov Dimitrov Matakiev (Bulgarian: Яков Димитров Матакиев) was a Bulgarian public figure, politician and revolutionary activist.

Yakov Matakiev
Яков Матакиев
Mayor of Pazardzhik
In office
November 1893 – September 1894
Preceded byGeorgi Penev
Succeeded byStefan Konsulov
Personal details
Born(1852-09-12)September 12, 1852
Tatar Pazardzhik, Ottoman Empire
DiedNovember 7, 1921(1921-11-07) (aged 69)
Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria

Biography edit

Early life and education edit

Yakov Dimitrov Matakiev was born on 13 September 1852 in Tatar Pazardzhik in a family of a rich nobleman.[1] He got his education in his home town and graduated high school in Tábor. He began teaching alongside Konstantin Velichkov.[2]

Revolutionary career edit

He would first participate in the April Uprising of 1876, in which the uprising went unsuccessfully and he was arrested in the prisons of Plovdiv and Adrianople. He was then freed after the 1876-1877 amnesty of the Constantinople Conference.[2]

Political career edit

For the entire existence of Eastern Rumelia Yakov Matakiev was elected as a deputy and belonged to the party, which at the beginning was called Geshova, and from 1884 (when propaganda for the Unification began) - the Unificationist Party.

Matakiev was also the chairman of the Pazardzhik District Court.[3] He was also mayor of Pazardzhik from 1893 to 1894.[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Яков Матакиев". Pzhistory (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  2. ^ a b "МАТАКИЕВ, Яков Димитров". Съединението на България. 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ^ "Stroiteljat ... - 1". www.promacedonia.org. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  4. ^ "Черно море - седмичен вестник, ред. Петър Бобчевски, бр. 78, 21 септември 1893 год., стр. 3". catalog.libvar.bg. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. ^ "60 са кметовете управлявали Пазарджик от Освобождението до днес | PZdnes | Днес новината си ти" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-03-01.