- Kimon Georgiev
Kimon Georgiev Stoyanov ( _bg. Кимон Георгиев Стоянов) (
August 11 ,1882 —September 28 ,1969 ) was aBulgaria n prime minister.In the 1930s he was a member of the right-wing military "
Zveno " ('Link') movement. Together with fellow officers he committed a coup d'état in June 1934 and became prime minister. He abolished all political parties and trade unions. As an imitator of the Italiandictator Benito Mussolini he introduced a corporative economic system. In 1935 CzarBoris III , an enemy of Zveno politics (because of their republicanism) committed a coup and Georgiev went into exile. Later he returned to Bulgaria, but was arrested and put in jail. Later he was released. DuringWorld War II , when Bulgaria was fighting on the side of the Axis, he joined the anti-Axis pro-communist Fatherland Front (FF). In September 1944 the FF committed a coup d'état and Georgiev became prime minister (until 1946). In 1946 he was succeeded by the communist leaderGeorgi Dimitrov and became vice-premier and Foreign Minister. Later he continued holding ministerial posts in all the cabinets until 1962. From 1962 until his death in 1969 he was a member of the Parliament's presidium.He is known as "старият превратаджия" (the old coup-maker) in Bulgaria for organizing a total of 3
coups in 1923, 1935 and 1944.
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