Tsola Dragoycheva

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Bulgarian politician (1898-1993)

PoliticiansLived 1898 to 1993 · aged 94

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Fame42.8

Momentum3.7

Languages11

In century#119,623

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Tsola Dragoycheva as a young woman

Awards 10

1973Order of Friendship of Peoples

Order of Lenin

Lenin Peace Prize

Order of the Badge of Honour

Order of the October Revolution

Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria

Order of Georgi Dimitrov

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Connected to Tsola 6

Dobri DzhurovAlso won Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Atanas SemerdzhievAlso won Order of Georgi Dimitrov

Alshafi Ahmed ElshikhAlso won Lenin Peace Prize

Ville PessiAlso won Order of Georgi Dimitrov

Maria GigovaAlso won Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria

Kaoru ŌtaAlso won Lenin Peace Prize

About this person

Tsola Nincheva Dragoycheva, also known under the pseudonym Sonya, was a Bulgarian politician of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP). A member of the illegal armed wing of the party in the 1920s, she spent years in prison and as an émigré in the Soviet Union. After World War II, she held a number of high posts and was part of the nomenklatura. From 1946 until 1990, she was continuously a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria. On 11 December 1947 she became the first female member of a cabinet in the history of the country.