What is Todor Zhivkov?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Todor Zhivkov | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B0115-0010-066, Berlin, VI. SED-Parteitag, Warnke, Shiwkow - Zhivkov.jpg | nationality = [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] | office = [[Bulgarian Communist Party|General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party]] | term_start = March 4, 1954 | term_end = November 10, 1989 | predecessor = [[Valko Chervenkov]] | successor = [[Petar Mladenov]] | office2 = [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria|1st]] [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria|Chairman of the State Council]] | term_start2 = 7 July 1971 | term_end2 = 17 November 1989 | predecessor2 = [[Georgi Traykov]] <small>(as Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly)</small> | successor2 = [[Petar Mladenov]] | office3 = [[List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria|36th]] [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] | term_start3 = 19 November 1962 | term_end3 = 7 July 1971 | predecessor3 = [[Anton Yugov]] | successor3 = [[Stanko Todorov]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1911|9|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Pravets]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria]] | death_date = {{death date and age |1998|8|5|1911|9|7|df=y}} | death_place = [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] | spouse = [[Mara Maleeva]] | children = [[Lyudmila Zhivkova|Lyudmila]] (1942-1981) <br /> Vladimir (1952-) | party = [[Bulgarian Communist Party]] (1932-1990) [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (1990-1998) | native_name = Тодор Живков }} '''Todor Hristov Zhivkov''' ({{lang-bg|Тодор Христов Живков}} {{IPA-bg|ˈtɔdor ˈxristof ˈʒifkof|}}; 7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was the [[communist]] head of state of the [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]] (PRB) from March 4, 1954 until November 10, 1989. Zhivkov was the longest-serving leader of any [[Eastern Bloc]] nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyt