Georgi Damyanov

Georgi Damyanov
Георги Дамянов
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly
In office 27 May 1950 – 27 November 1958
Preceded by	Mincho Neychev
Succeeded by	Dimitar Ganev
Minister of People's Defence
In office 22 November 1946 – 27 May 1950
Preceded by	Kimon Georgiev (as Minister of War)
Succeeded by	Petar Panchevski
Personal details
Born	(1892-09-23)23 September 1892 Lopushna, Principality of Bulgaria
Died	27 November 1958(1958-11-27) (aged 66) Sofia, Bulgarian People's Republic
Political party	Bulgarian Communist Party
Profession	Politician

Georgi Purvanov Damyanov (Bulgarian: Георги Първанов Дамянов; 23 September 1892 – 27 November 1958) was a Bulgarian communist politician.

Damyanov was born in Lopushna, near Ferdinand (today Montana), Bulgaria and joined the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) in 1912, which later became the Bulgarian Communist Party. He served as Defence Minister during the first stage of Bulgaria's communist regime, from 1946 to 1950. On 27 May 1950 he was elected as the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (nominal head of state of Bulgaria). He served in that position for 8 years, until his death. He died in Sofia, Bulgaria. During his time in office much of the power was held by the first secretaries of the party, first Vulko Chervenkov and then by Todor Zhivkov.

External links

• Rulers.org