The prosperity of his business activity provided him with stability, independent civil opinion and freedom to act as a politician.

From 1911 until 1934 he was a member of the Bulgarian Parliament and a minister in four governments: Burov never allowed compromises with and breach of the principles of democracy and always opposed to totalitarian and dictatorship regimes.

In 1920 he was elected Secretary of the United People's Progressive Party and expanded the social base of this formation attracting personalities from other political groups.

After being released, he joined the opposition in their fight against the establishment of communism, but was exiled to the town of Dryanovo in 1948, then arrested in 1950 and sentenced again, this time to a 20 years term.

The only surviving oilpaint portrait of Atanas Burov is also at the hall, on loan from the Bulgarian Development Bank.