Georgi Kyoseivanov

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.

Georgi Kyoseivanov Георги Кьосеиванов
27th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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

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

1. Foreign Ministers A-D
2. S.G. Evans, A Short History of Bulgaria, London, Lawrence and Wishart, 1960, p. 173
3. Evans, op cit

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Georgi Kyoseivanov in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW