Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: sofia , bulgaria - term: '' 1990 acting '' 6 july 1990 - 17 july - order: 37th prime minister of bulgaria president of bulgaria - successor: grisha filipov '' nikolai todorov '' '' acting '' - party: bulgarian communist party - death date: 17 december 1996 - predecessor: todor zhivkov petar mladenov - term end: 16 june 1981 - term start: 7 july 1971 - birth date: 10 december 1920 - name: stanko todorov - birth place: klenovik , bulgaria Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stanko todorov .
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stanko todorov georgiev -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- december 10 , 1920 - december 17 , 1996 -rrb- was a bulgarian communist politician .todorov was born in pernik province .before and during world war ii he was a worker .he became interested in communism , and joined the underground bulgarian communist party in 1943 .by 1948 , communists had come to power in bulgaria , and todorov began to rise through the ranks of the government .he became a member of the politburo in 1961 and held several government posts .he served as prime minister of bulgaria , the third highest post in the country , from july 7 , 1971 until june 16 , 1981 .he then became chairman of the parliament , serving in that position until the first multiparty elections in 1990 .he supported the reformist wing of the communist party during this time , as pressure mounted on bulgaria and other eastern european countries to reform .he took part in the removal of long-time party leader todor zhivkov from office in 1989 .just before the 1990 elections , todorov served as acting president of bulgaria from july 6 1990 to july 17 1990 .he won a parliamentary seat in the elections , but resigned later that year for health reasons .