Stefan Stambolov

Stefan Stambolov
Стефан Стамболов
9th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office
1 September 1887 – 31 May 1894
MonarchFerdinand
Preceded byKonstantin Stoilov
Succeeded byKonstantin Stoilov
Personal details
Born13 February 1854
Tırnovo, Ottoman Empire (now Veliko Tărnovo, present-day Bulgaria)
Died19 July 1895(1895-07-19) (aged 41)
Sofia, Principality of Bulgaria
Resting placeCentral Sofia Cemetery
Political partyLiberal Party, People's Liberal Party
OccupationStatesman, Poet

Stefan Nikolov Stambolov (Bulgarian: Стефан Николов Стамболов; 31 January 1854 OS – 19 July 1895 OS) was a Bulgarian politician, journalist, revolutionary, and poet who served as Prime Minister and regent.[1][2] He is considered one of the most important and popular "Founders of Modern Bulgaria", and is sometimes referred to as "the Bulgarian Bismarck". In 1875 and 1876 he took part in the preparation for the Stara Zagora uprising, as well as the April Uprising. Stambolov was, after Stanko Todorov, Boyko Borisov and Todor Zhivkov, one of the country's longest-serving prime ministers. Criticised for his dictatorial methods, he was among the initiators of economic and cultural progress in Bulgaria during the time of the Balkan Wars.

He was killed in the center of Sofia[3] by a plot from the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), including Naum Tyufekchiev, for his support to the Ottoman Empire, his dictatorial methods and his repression of the IMRO.[4][5]

  1. ^ Bourchier, James David (1911). "Stambolov, Stefan" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 768–769.
  2. ^ Gilman, Daniel Coit; Peck, Harry Thurston; Colby, Frank Moore, eds. (1904). "STAMBULOFF, Stephen". The New International Encyclopaedia. Vol. XVI (SOU-TYP). New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. pp. 130–131. hdl:2027/mdp.39015053671213. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via HathiTrust Digital Library.
  3. ^ Dunov, Zdravko (2004). "Диктаторът и демократът: Стефан Стамболов и Тодор Икономов". Философски алтернативи (in Bulgarian). XIII (1–2): 111–131. ISSN 0861-7899.
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  5. ^ Giannakos, Symeon A. (2001). "Bulgaria's Macedonian dilemma". Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans. 3 (2): 153–170. doi:10.1080/14613190120088565. ISSN 1461-3190. S2CID 153535427.