Revolutionary Petar Logofetov

Petar Mirchev Logofetov, also called Daskal Petar, or Teacher Petar, was a Bulgarian teacher, revolutionary and National Revival figure. He was born in 1834 in Inovo village in the Vidin region, into the family of the smallholder Mircho Parvanov. After completing four school grades in Vidin, Logofetov managed an estate in Romania, from which his surname, meaning 'manager', originated. On returning to Bulgaria, he began trading and teaching in Novo Selo in the Vidin region and in Bregov.

Logofetov was an active participant in the movement for an independent Bulgarian Church and an associate of Metropolitan Antim. He joined the revolutionary committee in Novo Selo and fought as a volunteer in the Serbo-Turkish War of 1876. In June 1876, he joined the rebellion in the area following the arrival of Todor Velkov's detachment.

After the war, he emigrated first to Serbia and then to Wallachia. In 1879, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly in Tarnovo as a representative of the Vidin district. He was also elected to the First Grand National Assembly. Logofetov was a liberal by conviction.

His son Nikola Logofetov also became a prominent citizen and later president of the Twenty-Fifth Ordinary National Assembly.

Petar Mirchev Logofetov died on 7 October 1909 in his native Inovo. Ekaterina Karavelova spoke of him with great respect, describing him as one of the most impressive political figures of his time, who would have done credit to any European parliament. In her memoirs, she described him as 'Daskal Petar from Novo Selo in the Vidin region, in his picturesque peasant costume, with his handsome, intelligent face and sensible speech...'