Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A 1928, ya shiga Kungiyar Matasan Kwaminisanci ta Bulgaria (BCYU), kungiyar 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
bayan juyin mulkin 19 ga Mayu 1934, ya ci gaba da fitar da wasu 'yan majalisa na Majalisar Dokoki na kasa da ba na jam'iyyar ba kuma Zhivkov ya ci gaba da mukaminsa a tsarin Sofia.