What is Zhelyu Zhelev?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Zhelyu Zhelev <br> Желю Желев | image = Zhelyu-Zhelev-20090423.jpg | imagesize = | order = 2nd [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria|President of Bulgaria]] | term_start = 1 August 1990 | term_end = 22 January 1997 | vicepresident = [[Atanas Semerdzhiev]] <small>(1 August 1990 – 22 January 1992)</small><br> [[Blaga Dimitrova]] <small>(22 January 1992 – 6 July 1993)</small> | primeminister = [[Andrey Lukanov]]<br>[[Dimitar Iliev Popov|Dimitar Popov]]<br>[[Philip Dimitrov]]<br>[[Lyuben Berov]]<br>''[[Reneta Indzhova]]'' <small>(acting)</small><br>[[Zhan Videnov]] | predecessor = ''[[Nikolai Todorov]]'' <small>(acting)</small> | successor = [[Petar Stoyanov]] | order2 = Chairman of the [[Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|Union of Democratic Forces]] | term2 = 1989 - 1990 | predecessor2 = ''Office Established'' | successor2 = [[Petar Beron (politician)|Petar Beron]] |birth_name=Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1935|3|3}} | birth_place = [[Veselinovo]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] | death_date = {{death date and age |2015|01|30|1935|3|3|df=y}} | death_place = [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] | profession = [[Philosopher]] | religion = | signature = Signature of Zhelyu Zhelev.png | spouse = Maria Zheleva | children = Yordanka <br /> Stanka | party = [[Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|Union of Democratic Forces]] }} '''Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev''' ({{Lang-bg|Желю Митев Желев}}; 3 March 1935 &ndash; 30 January 2015) was a [[Bulgaria]]n [[politician]], [[philosopher]], [[writer]], and [[dissident]]. He served as the second [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria|President of Bulgaria]] from 1 August 1990 to 22 January 1997. He was the first non-[[communist]] to hold office. Zhelev was born in [[Smyadovo]]. He was married to Maria Zheleva and had two children. Zhelev died on 30 January 2015 in [[Sofia]], aged 79.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/30/us-bulgaria-zhelev-idUSKBN0L30QA20150130|title=Bulgaria's first democratically-elected presid