Finance scholar and Fatherland Front finance minister who signed the armistice
Born in Oryahovo, he studied law in Saint Petersburg and finance and economics in Munich. Professor of financial law at Sofia University and the Free University of Political and Economic Sciences, which he helped found in 1920 and served as vice-rector in 1923–1947, he was a full member of the Academy of Sciences and its secretary in 1940–1945. A Radical Democratic politician, he sat on the first executive bureau of the Democratic Alliance in 1923 and was also a member of Zveno. As finance minister of the Fatherland Front government in 1944–1945 he took part in the Moscow armistice talks and signed the armistice. He was sent to the Belene camp in 1951 and banished for a further five years in 1952.
Activities and affiliations
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1923–
Democratic Alliance (Bulgaria)
Political and party leadership -
1942–1945
Economy, finance and planning
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1944–1945
Bulgaria state institutionsMinister of FinanceMain
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Bulgaria state institutionsProfessor of financial law, Sofia University
Scholarship and theory -
Radical Democratic Party (Bulgaria)
Economy, finance and planning -
Economy, finance and planning
Career Timeline
- 1920Co-founds the Free University of Political and Economic Sciences
- 1923First executive bureau of the Democratic Alliance
- 1923–1947Vice-rector of the Free University
- 1944–1945Minister of finance
- 1944.10.28Signs the armistice in Moscow
- 1951Sent to the Belene camp