Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1928, i uru ia ki te Bulgarian Communist Youth Union (BCYU), he whakahaere e hono tata ana ki te Bulgarian Workers Party (BWP) <unk> i muri mai ko te Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP). I te tau e whai ake nei ka whiwhi ia i tetahi mahi i te "Darzhavna pechatnitsa", te kaiwhakaputa mana a te kawanatanga i Sofia. I te tau 1932, i uru ia ki te BWP tika, i muri mai ka mahi hei kaitiaki mo tana Komiti Tuarua o Borough me te mema o tana Komiti Kaunihera o Sofia. Ahakoa i rāhuitia te BWP me ētahi atu rōpū tōrangapū katoa i muri i
I muri i te whakaekenga o te 19 o Mei 1934, i haere tonu te whakangao i etahi mema o te National Assembly me te Zhivkov i pupuri i ana pou i tana hanganga Sofia.