Konstantin Stoilow

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Konstantin Stoilow

Konstantin Konstantinow Stoilow ( Bulgarian : Константин Константинов Стоилов; born September 23, 1853 in Plovdiv , † March 23, 1901 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian politician and two-time Prime Minister .

Life

Education

After school education at Robert College in Istanbul , he graduated in law at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg , which he in 1877 with a promotion to Doctor iuris completed. At the same time he became a supporter of Freemasonry . After another year of study in Paris , he became a judge at the Plovdiv Court of Appeal in 1878 . In the following year he became private secretary and head of the political cabinet of Prince Alexander I , Prince of Battenberg .

MP and Minister

His political career began Stoilow immediately after the (limited) independence from the Ottoman Empire on July 8, 1879. First he was elected for the first time in 1879 as a member of the National Assembly, where he represented his conservative views and where he belonged until 1881. For example, he advocated the introduction of a bicameral parliament, i.e. H. a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate not directly elected by the people. However, these demands were rejected by the Liberals. Stoilov had doubts about the extent to which the Bulgarian public was politically mature enough to be genuinely democratic. He was involved in drafting the first Bulgarian constitution, the " Tarnowo Constitution ". When Alexander Battenberg arrived in Bulgaria, Stoilow was particularly popular with the young prince, which was not only due to his German education, but also to his loyal attitude towards the prince. In contrast to the liberals, who strictly adhered to the constitution and addressed the prince with “Your grace” (СвѢтлост), Stoilow called him “Your Majesty” (Височѣство).

In 1880 he was appointed Foreign Minister and Minister of Religion by Prime Minister Vasil Drumew and Prince Alexander . However, he gave up this post after just under a month. On January 26, 1883, he was reappointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion by Prime Minister Leonid Sobolew , but held this office again only for a short time until March 15, 1883. On September 13, 1883, he was appointed Minister of Justice by Prime Minister Dragan Zankow and was active as such until January 12, 1884.

In 1884 he was re-elected as a member of the National Assembly. There he represented the interests of the Conservative Party (bulg. Консервативната партия ) until 1900 and became one of the founders of the Literary Society. Despite his mandate, he was a volunteer officer in the staff of Prince Alexander I during the Serbian-Bulgarian War from 1885 to 1886.

In Petko Karawelow's transitional cabinet , he was Foreign Minister and Minister of Religion for four days from August 24 to 28, 1886. On September 7, 1886 he was again Minister of Justice and held this office until December 24, 1888 in the cabinets of Vasil Radoslawow and Stefan Stambolow and in his own cabinet with the People's Party .

Prime Minister in 1887 and from 1894 to 1899

On July 10, 1887, Prince Ferdinand I appointed him Prime Minister himself . In his cabinet, which only held office until September 1, 1887, he took over the office of Minister of Justice at the same time as Minister of Finance .

In the meantime he was one of the main opponents of Prime Minister Stefan Stambolov's policies .

On May 31, 1894, he was appointed Prime Minister for a second time by Prince Ferdinand I. As such, he was Minister of the Interior until November 13, 1896 and again Minister of Justice from September 25, 1895 to February 22, 1896. On February 22, 1896, until the end of his term on January 30, 1899, he again took over the post of Foreign Minister and Minister of Religion.

His tenure was characterized firstly by a toleration of the activities of the BMARK ( Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrian Opeler Revolutionary Committees / Български Македоно-Одрински революционни комитети , a forerunner of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, IMRO) and a total of a more liberal policy towards Macedonia and Thrace . On the other hand, the Bulgarian Jews were treated more fairly . As a lawyer, he was already active in 1890 as a defender of Jews from Wraza against allegations of ritual murder . In addition, extensive economic laws were passed during his tenure.

Even after retiring from politics, he remained an influential political figure until his death.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bulgaria And The Macedonian Issue
  2. ↑ Christo Boyadijeff: Chapter IV: The Beginnings of Persecution, in: Excerpt from Saving the Bulgarian Jews in World War II . ( Memento from October 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
predecessor Office successor
Nikola Stoychev Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
July 13, 1881 - August 11, 1881 		Georgi Walkowitsch
Georgi Walkowitsch Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
January 26, 1883 - March 15, 1883 		Kirjak Antonov Zankow
Christo Stoyanov Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
August 24, 1886 - August 28, 1886 		Grigor Dimitrov Natschowitsch
Grigor Dimitrov Natschowitsch Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
February 22, 1896 - January 30, 1899 		Dimitar Grekov
personal data
SURNAME Stoilow, Konstantin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Стоилов, Константин (Bulgarian); Stoilow, Konstantin Konstantinow (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Plovdiv
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1901
Place of death Sofia