Revolutionary Sava Mutkurov

Sava Atanasov Mutkurov was a Bulgarian and Russian officer, politician and regent of the Principality of Bulgaria in 1886–1887. He was born on 4 December 1852 in Tarnovo. He graduated from the infantry cadet school in Odesa and served in the Russian army. He fought in the Serbian-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, after which he served in the Eastern Rumelian Militia. In 1885 he actively supported the Unification of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. During the Serbo-Bulgarian War he commanded various forces and positions. He became regent of Bulgaria after Prince Alexander I of Battenberg's abdication. In 1887 he was appointed Minister of War in Stefan Stambolov's government. He died in Naples on 15 March 1891.