Ivan Todorov-Gorunia

Ivan Todorov-Gorunia (1916/1917 - April 1965, also spelled as Gorunya and Gorunja, in Bulgarian Иван Тодоров-Горуня) was a Bulgarian soldier and politician.

During World War II, Todorov-Gorunia, a member of Bulgarian Communist Party, fought as a partisan against the pro-German government of Bulgaria. After the communist takeover of power, he became general and member of Central Committee of the Party.

Toward the end of 1964 and in early 1965, Todorov-Gorunia and Tzolo Кrastev (Цоло Кръстев) organized group of high-ranking military officers planning to overthrow the regime led by Todor Zhivkov. Among the officers was the commander of the Sofia garrison general Tzviatko Anev (Цвятко Анев). Their plan was to establish a pro-Chinese leadership in the country.

The coup (also known as April Conspiracy) was exposed by the counter-intelligence service and between 28 March and 12 April 1965 and most of the plotters were arrested. Todorov-Gorunia (probably) committed suicide just before the arrest. Nine of the other participants received relatively mild (for the era) sentences ranging from 8 to 15 years imprisonment, while another 192 got party or administrative punishments. Existence of the plot was kept hidden from the public.