Ivan Chunchev

Ivan Georgiev Chunchev (Иван Георгиев Чунчев) was a Bulgarian public official, teacher and lawyer.

Early life and education
Chunchev was born in Patalenitsa. He first got his primary education in his native village, after which he was sent to study in a monastery in Krichim in 1853. In 1861, he went to a class school of Yoakim Gruev in Plovdiv. He was fluent in Bulgarian, Turkish, Persian, Arabic and Russian. He began his teaching career firstly in Kalofer from 1867 to 1872, in Plovdiv from 1872 to 1873. He was a trader.

Mayoralty
After the liberation of Pazardzhik, together with Petko Radomirov and Alexa Daskalov, they went to Plovdiv, to the headquarters of the Russian troops, and sent a written request from the people of Pazardzhik to help them in establishing order in the town and to organize the election of a legitimate civil government. On 21–22 January 1878, the first city government was elected and he was the first elected mayor. He then resigned because he went to Plovdiv and enrolled in the courses for civil servants.

Late years
He was interned in Balnubar (today Kubrat), where he worked as an intern judge. At the same place, he participated in a creation of a chitalishte with 8 other people.