Anton Yugov

Anton Yugov
Антон Югов
Yugov in 1947
35th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office 17 April 1956 – 19 November 1962
Preceded by	Valko Chervenkov
Succeeded by	Todor Zhivkov
Personal details
Born	Anton Tanev Goshev 5 August 1904 Rugunovec, Salonica vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Polykastro, Greece)
Died	6 July 1991(1991-07-06) (aged 86) Sofia, Bulgaria
Political party	Bulgarian Communist Party

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Anton Tanev (Dontcho) Yugov (Bulgarian: Антон Танев Югов) (5 August 1904 – 6 July 1991) was a Bulgarian politician who was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP), and served as Prime Minister of the country from 1956 to 1962. He was an Honorary Citizen of Tirana, Albania.^{[citation needed]}

Yugov was born to a Bulgarian family in Karasuli (Rugunovets), Ottoman Macedonia (today Polykastro, Greece). His family moved to Plovdiv after World War I.^{[citation needed]}