Kimon Georgiev

Kimon Georgiev
Кимон Георгиев
24th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office
19 May 1934 – 22 January 1935
MonarchBoris III
Preceded byNikola Mushanov
Succeeded byPencho Zlatev
In office
9 September 1944 – 22 November 1946
MonarchSimeon II (1944–1946)
PresidentVasil Kolarov (1946)
Preceded byKonstantin Muraviev
Succeeded byGeorgi Dimitrov
Personal details
Born(1882-08-11)11 August 1882
Pazardzhik, Eastern Rumelia (today Bulgaria)
Died28 September 1969(1969-09-28) (aged 87)
Varna, Bulgaria
Political partyPeople's Alliance
Democratic Alliance
Zveno
Other political
affiliations
Fatherland Front
SpouseVeska Rodeva
ChildrenMaria Georgieva, Kornelia Georgieva
Signature
NicknameСтария превратаджия (The old coup-maker)
Military service
Branch/serviceBulgarian Army
Years of service1902–1935
RankColonel General
Shoulder Board of Kimon Georgiev as lieutenant general

Kimon Georgiev Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Кимон Георгиев Стоянов; August 11, 1882 – September 28, 1969) was a Bulgarian general who was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1934 to 1935 and again from 1944 to 1946. He was considered a "master in the art of coup d'etats."[1]

  1. ^ Barker 1948, p. 41