Georgi Stranski

Georgi Stranski

Georgi Iwanow Stranski , Bulgarian Георги Иванов Странски (born August 13, 1847 in Kalofer ; † January 17, 1904 in Sofia ), was a Bulgarian doctor, revolutionary , politician and close friend and best man of Christo Botew .

From 1887 to 1890 he was Foreign Minister of the Principality of Bulgaria .

Life

Georgi Stranski was born in the town of Kalofer in the Balkan Mountains . There he attended a typical cell school , where he met the later revolutionary and poet Chitso Botew. In 1864 his parents sent him to Bucharest , where he first attended a medical school, before graduating from the Bucharest University in medicine in 1874 . In the next few years Stranski worked as a doctor in Buzău and Bucharest. In 1876 he published the book Medical Conversations (Bulgarian "Медицински беседи"). Stranski also took an active part in the political life of the Bulgarian exile community living in Romania. He was a founding member of the Bulgarian Central Charitable Society (bulg. Българско централно благотворително общество) and the Bulgarian Philanthropic Board (bulg. Българско. Българско човеколебитво човеколебитво човеколебитво

During the Serbian-Ottoman War (1876) he served as a volunteer in the Romanian military hospital . He also worked as a field doctor in the Romanian army during the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation (1877–1878) . During the Russian administration of Bulgaria after the war, Stranski was appointed district doctor in Pleven .

After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1879, Stranski became a member of the first constituent people's assembly that passed the country's first constitution in Tarnovo . He belonged to the circle of liberals around Petko Karawelow , who had determined the constitution with their ideas.

United Bulgaria - lithograph by Nikolaj Pavlovich

When the great powers in the Berlin Congress revised the decisions of the Peace of San Stefano and dismembered Bulgaria, Stranski moved to Philippopel (now Plovdiv ), the capital of the province of Eastern Rumelia (now southern Bulgaria) , which is still under Turkish rule . There he worked as a doctor and was politically active for the strong Liberal Party of Eastern Rumelia. He became the East Rumelian Minister of Finance (1880–1881). Between 1879 and 1880, 1882 and 1883 he was a member and between 1883 and 1884 chairman of the Standing Committee, which was created as a second chamber in the Eastern Romanian House of Representatives (Provincial Assembly). In 1883 he was elected President of the Provincial Assembly. In 1885 he founded the Bulgarian Secret Revolutionary Central Committee with Sachari Stojanow , Kosta Panica and others , (BGZRK for short, Bulgarian. "Български таен централен революционен комитетонен комитетонен комитет, and the liberation of all of Macedonia . The preparations for an uprising in Eastern Rumelia were also unofficially supported by the neighboring Principality of Bulgaria .

When the BRZK, supported by the militia officers and the population, put off the government of Gavril Krastewitsch on September 6, 1885 , Georgi Stranski was elected Prime Minister of the interim government. One of his first acts was the proclamation of the union of the Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia with the semi-autonomous principality of Bulgaria.

After the Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885, which followed the unification of Bulgaria, Stranski became a diplomat in Belgrade (1886-1887). On his return to Bulgaria he became a member of the People's Liberal Party and Minister of the Interior in the government of Konstantin Stoilow (1887). Between 1887 and 1890 he was Foreign Minister and Minister of Religion in the government of Stefan Stambolow . After the resignation of the Stambolow government, Stranski practiced as a doctor again. Stranksi was also a member of parliament between 1887 and 1893.

Georgi Stranski died in Sofia on January 17, 1904.

literature

• Tascho Taschew: The Minister of Bulgaria 1879-1999 (from the Bulgarian "Министрите на България 1879-1999"), Marin Drinow publishing house, Sofia, ISBN 978-954-430-603-8 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Grigor Natschowitsch	Foreign Minister of the Principality of Bulgaria September 1, 1887 - June 16, 1890	Stefan Stambolow