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'''Aleksandar Tsolov Tsankov''' (June 29^th, 1879 – July 27^th, 1959) was a Bulgarian Fascist dictator and politician between the two world wars.

After being removed from the political mainstream, Tsankov began to develop an admiration for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism Fascism] and soon became a supporter of [[Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler.]]In 1932 he set up his own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Social_Movement_%28Bulgaria%29 National Social Movement] largely in imitation of the [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Nazi_Party Nazi Party]. The movement proved fairly unimportant (although it did represent a further fragmentation of the governing coalition), lacking the support of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zveno Zveno] and failing to secure Nazi approval, which was largely reserved for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Bulgarian_National_Legions Union of Bulgarian National Legions].Nonetheless, Tsankov was appointed by the Nazis in 1944 as Prime Minister of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_government-in-exile Bulgarian Government in Exile] set up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Germany] in response to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimon_Georgiev Kimon Georgiev]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland_Front_%28Bulgaria%29 Fatherland Front] government. After the [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II Second World War] Tsankov fled to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Argentina] and died in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrano,_Buenos_Aires Belgrano, Buenos Aires] in 1959.

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