Kliment Boyadzhiev

Kliment Boyadzhiev
Kliment Boyadzhiev
Born	15 April 1861; Ohrid, Ottoman Empire
Died	15 July 1933 (aged 72); Sofia, Bulgaria
Allegiance	Kingdom of Bulgaria
Service / branch	Bulgarian Land Forces
Years of service	1881–1916
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	4th Preslav Infantry Division; 1st Army
Battles / wars	Serbo-Bulgarian War; Balkan Wars; World War I
Awards
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Kliment Evtimov Boyadzhiev (Bulgarian: Климент Евтимов Бояджиев; 15 April 1861 – 15 July 1933) was a Bulgarian general during the Balkan Wars and World War I.

Biography

Born in Ohrid, he studied in an elementary school there. After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, he emigrated to Sofia. In 1883, he graduated from the Military School in Sofia and in 1895 graduated from the Military Academy in Torino, Italy with excellent marks.

During the successful Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885, he was an aide-de-camp in the Western Corps quarters. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Lule Burgas during the First Balkan War as a commander of the Fourth Preslav Infantry Division. Between 22 August 1913 and 1 September 1913, Kliment Boyadzhiev was the Minister of War.

During World War I, he commanded the 1st Army which achieved major successes against the Royal Serbian Army in the offiensives of Morava and Kosovo. Boyadzhiev remained in that position until 25 September 1916, when he was replaced by Dimitar Geshov and went to the reserve. The general was awarded four Bulgarian medals for courage and bravery, as well as one Russian. After the war, between 1918 and 1923 he emigrated to Germany.

He was also an author of a relief map of Bulgaria in 1902.

Boyadzhiev died in Sofia in 1933.

Honours

Order of Bravery
Order of St Alexander
Order of Military Merit
Order of Stara Planina, 1st grade with swords - awarded posthumously on 20 December 2012^[1]
Ottoman Liakat Medal
Boyadzhiev Point in Antarctica is named after Kliment Boyadzhiev.

References

^ Указ № 436 от 20 декември 2012 г. за награждаване посмъртно с орден „Стара планина" първа степен с мечове на генерал-лейтенант Климент Евтимов Бояджиев (Държавен вестник, брой 2, 8 January 2013, стр. 3)

Ташев, Ташо (1999). "Министрите на България 1879-1999". София: АИ „Проф. Марин Дринов" / Изд. на МО.

Political offices
Preceded by Georgi Vazov	Minister of War 1913–1914	Succeeded by Ivan Fichev
Military offices
Preceded by Pravoslav Tenev	Chief of the General Staff 1915	Succeeded by Konstantin Zhostov

[1] Указ № 436 от 20 декември 2012 г. за награждаване посмъртно с орден „Стара планина" първа степен с мечове на генерал-лейтенант Климент Евтимов Бояджиев (Държавен вестник, брой 2, 8 January 2013, стр. 3)

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