Andrei Toshev

Andrey Slavov Toshev (; 16 April 1867 – 10 January 1944) was Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 1935. He was also a Bulgarian scientist and a diplomat. Toshev was a professor of botany.

Appointed by Tsar Boris III, Toshev was chosen for his unflinching loyalty in the uncertainty following the counter coup by Boris loyalists against the government of Zveno that had assumed power in a coup the previous year. He headed a purely civilian cabinet after a period of military rule and was, in effect, a puppet of the Tsar. Indeed, at 68 years of age, the Premiership was Toshev's first major political role. His task was to contain the military, work on the constitution, and to construct a new popular movement. in which capacity he helped bring about the formation of the Balkan League.

He was also as the Bulgarian ambassador to Ottoman Empire in Constantinople from 1913 to 1914 and instrumental in negotiating the Treaty of Constantinople.

He was then in Switzerland (1915-1916), in Austria-Hungary (1917-1919), and Austria in 1919 after World War 1.