Georgi Kyoseivanov
| Georgi Kyoseivanov Георги Кьосеиванов | |
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| 27th Prime Minister of Bulgaria | |
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In office 23 November 1935 – 16 February 1940 | |
| Monarch | Boris III |
| Preceded by | Andrey Toshev |
| Succeeded by | Bogdan Filov |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 January 1884 Peshtera, Eastern Rumelia |
| Died |
27 July 1960 (aged 76) Switzerland |
| Political party | Non-Party |
Georgi Ivanov Kyoseivanov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Кьосеиванов) (19 January 1884, Peshtera – 27 July 1960) was a Bulgarian politician who went on to serve as Prime Minister.
Kyoseivanov came to power on 23 November 1935 after a period in which the country had had three Prime Ministers in quick succession. He went on to become the longest-serving PM since Andrey Lyapchev and throughout the period of his administration he also held the post of Foreign Minister.[1] The government oversaw the trials of the instigators of the 1934 military coup and also concluded pacts with Yugoslavia and Greece as Nazi Germany undertook a policy of economic isolation of the Balkans.[2] His government also oversaw a policy of rearmament after a treaty concluded with Ioannis Metaxas overturned the military clauses of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine and the Treaty of Lausanne.[3] Despite this Kyoseivanov's government was seen as little more than a puppet of Tsar Boris and, although it lasted until 1940, achieved little other than allowing the Tsar to effectively govern as a dictator.
In 1940 he became ambassador to Switzerland where he remained after the 1944 coup in Bulgaria.
References
- ↑ Foreign Ministers A-D
- ↑ S.G. Evans, A Short History of Bulgaria, London, Lawrence and Wishart, 1960, p. 173
- ↑ Evans, op cit