Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1928, ya shiga Kungiyar Matasan Kwaminisanci ta Bulgaria (BCYU), ƙungiyar da ke da alaƙa da Jam'iyyar Ma'aikata ta Bulgaria (BWP) <unk> daga baya Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci ta Bulgaria (BCP). A shekara mai zuwa ya sami aiki a "Darzhavna pechatnitsa", mai wallafa hukuma na gwamnati a Sofia. A cikin 1932, ya shiga BWP daidai, daga baya ya zama sakatare na Kwamitin Borough na Biyu kuma a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Gundumar Sofia. Kodayake an dakatar da BWP tare da sauran jam'iyyun siyasa bayan juyin mulkin 19 ga Mayu, 1934
, ya ci gaba da fitar da wasu 'yan majalisun majalisun da ba na jam'iyyar ba kuma Zhivkov ya ci gaba da mukaminsa a tsarin Sofia.