Nikola Genadiev

Nikola Genadiev

Nikola Ivanov Genadiew (also Nikola Ivanov Genadiev written Bulgarian Никола Иванов Генадиев * 1. December 1868 in Bitola (now in northern Macedonia ); † 30th October 1923 in Sofia , Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian politician , Foreign Minister and Chairman of the People's Liberal Party . He had two brothers ( Chariton and Pawel ) and a sister. Genadiev was murdered by Bulgarian nationalists from Macedonia on October 30, 1923 in Sofia. His grandfather, Genadij of Veles , was the first Bulgarian metropolitan of Macedonian Veles .

Life

In the editorial office of the newspaper Balkanska Sora , painting: from left Nikola and Chariton Genadiev , Ivan Stojanowitsch , Vladimir Nedelew .

Nikola Genadiev was born on November 19th ^jul. / December 1, 1868 ^greg. Born in the Macedonian city of Bitola (also known as Manastir), which at that time still belonged to the Ottoman Empire. His father, Ivan Genadiev, was an educator and secretary to several high-ranking church leaders. His mother's name was Wasilikija. Nikola first attended the Bulgarian school in Bitola. When his family moved to Plovdiv in 1876, he attended high school there. In 1885 Genadiev took part in the unification of Bulgaria and as a volunteer in the subsequent Serbian-Bulgarian war .

After the war, Genadiev went to Brussels , where he studied law at the local Free University . In 1891 he finished his studies and moved back to Bulgaria, where he worked as a lawyer and journalist in Plovdiv. Together with his brother Chariton he founded the newspaper Balkanska Sora (Bulgarian: Балканска зора, German: Balkan Dawn). From 1892 he was politically active for the People's Liberal Party . Between 1903 and 1904 Genadiev was Justice and between 1904 and 1908 Minister of Agriculture. He participated as a volunteer in the Balkan Wars .

Together with the other liberal personalities, Wassil Radoslawow and Dimitar Tonschew , Genadiev was the initiator of the Radoslawow coalition cabinet in 1913. In this cabinet itself, Genadiev took the post of Foreign Minister. A few months later, Genadiev was suspended from his post. In early 1914, he was accused of alleged violations of the constitution for his previous mandate as Minister of Agriculture. However, he was acquitted by the Bulgarian court. In the following time he took positions that were in contrast to those of the Bulgarian power elite, openly opposed the efforts of King Ferdinand and called for the support of the Entente .

In 1916 Genadiev was sentenced anyway. The reason: an embezzlement affair with grain. In prison he met the opposition leader of the Bulgarian "Peasant Association" and later Prime Minister Aleksandar Stambolijski , who was in prison because of the same political positions. When, towards the end of the war, King Ferdinand had to abdicate at the instigation of the Entente, his son Boris took over the throne who pardoned and released all political prisoners, including Genadiew and Stambolijski.

After his dismissal, Genadiev led the National Liberal Party, which emerged from the merger of the Liberal Party (Radoslavovists) , the People's Liberal Party and the Young Liberal Party . When they joined forces with other political forces that were dissatisfied with the policies of the Stambolijski “Bauernbund” and formed Democratic Unity (Bulgarian Демократически сговор / Demokratitscheski Sgowor), Genadiev resigned from the party. After his appearance, he founded a new party and, after the coup of June 9, 1929, successfully represented several members of the “Bauernbund” in court. On October 30, 1923 Nikola Genadiev was murdered by Dimitar Stefanow, a member of the Bulgarian Nationalists from Macedonia (→ Inner Macedonian Revolutionary Organization ), who carried out a coup on June 9.

bibliography

• "Мемоари" (on German memoirs, 1923)
• "Македония" (in German Macedonia, 1924)
• "Стамболов" (to German Stambolow , 1925)
• "Между политиката и властта, заговорите и затвора" (in English between politics and power, conspiracies and prison)

literature

• Petar Angelow: Istorija na Balgarija (from the Bulgarian history of Bulgaria). SOFI-R, Sofija 2003, Volume 1: ISBN 954-638-121-7 , Volume 2: ISBN 954-638-122-5
• Krum Blagov: The murder of Genadiew (from the bulg. Убийството на Генадиев ) in 50 major terrorist attacks in the Bulgarian history (from the bulg 50-те най-големи атентата в българската история.) Online -Auszug from the book
• RJ Crampton: A Concise History of Bulgaria. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, January 9, 2006, ISBN 978-0521616379 , pp. 137ff
• Hans-Joachim Härtel, Roland Schönfeld: Bulgaria , Regensburg, Friedrich Pustet Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-7917-1540-2
• Duncan M. Perry: Stefan Stambolov and the Emergence of Modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895. Duke University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8223-1313-8 .
• Simeon Radew : The builders / creators of modern Bulgaria Volume 2 (1911) and Volume 3 (2008) (Bulgar. "Строителите на съвременна България". Том 2, Том 3)
• Angel Zurakow: The Governments of Bulgaria 1879-1913 (from the Bulgarian Правителствата на България 1879-1913 ), Verlag Гея-либрис, Sofia, 1996, ISBN 954-8232-71-5 , pp. 68-69, pp. 72-73

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kostow, Alexander: България и Белгия. Икономически, политически и културни връзки (1879-1914). Sodia, Арт Медия Комюникейшънс, 2004, p. 94. ISBN 954-91634-1-5 .

Web links

• Short biography (English)
• Newspaper article about Nikola Genadiew in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

predecessor	Office	successor
Stoyan Danew	Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria July 17, 1913 - December 30, 1913	Wassil Radoslawow