Voivode Doncho

Doncho Zlatkov Tomov, called Dyado Doncho Voyvoda, Palatski, Aramiyata and the King of Pirin, was a Bulgarian hajduk and revolutionary, the Petrich voivode of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and a member of the National Assembly.

He was born in the mountain village of Palat, the son of Zlatko Voyvoda, a hajduk leader who participated in the Kresna-Razlog Uprising. Doncho Zlatkov completed the fourth primary class in Dupnitsa and engaged in banditry in the Pirin and Maleshevo Mountains from an early age. In 1895 he participated in the Macedonian Committee's armed detachment campaign.

In 1901, under Stoyko Bakalov's influence, he joined the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Organisation. In 1902 he took part in the Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising, and in 1903, during the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, he operated with a detachment in the Serres Revolutionary District.

After the uprising he remained in the Petrich district and continued fighting the Turks and IMARO's resistance. During the First Balkan War of 1912–1913, Doncho Zlatkov commanded Volunteer Detachment No. 42, which operated in support of the Bulgarian army in the Petrich district. He participated in numerous battles, including at the Rupel Gorge, Senokos, Gradevo and elsewhere.

In 1914 Doncho Zlatkov was elected a Liberal Party deputy for the Strumitsa district in the Seventeenth National Assembly.

He died on 2 October 1918 in Dupnitsa.