Stoyan Danew

Stoyan Danew

Stojan Petrow Danew ( Bulgarian Стоян Петров Данев ) (born January 28, 1858 in Shumen , † July 30, 1949 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian politician and two-time Prime Minister .

biography

Studies and professional career

After attending school in Shumen and Prague , he began studying law in 1876 at the University of Zurich , the University of Leipzig and the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg , which he graduated in 1881. He then completed postgraduate studies in political science at the École polytechnique in Paris , which he finished in 1883.

After his return from France he settled in Sofia as a lawyer in 1884 . Later he was a lecturer in international law at the Kliment of Ohrid - Sofia University from 1894 to 1898 .

MP and Minister

While still working as a lecturer, he began his political career in 1894 with the election of a member of the National Assembly, to which he initially belonged until 1896. In 1897 he succeeded Dragan Kiriakow Zankow as chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party founded in 1884 ( Bulgarian Прогресивнолибералната партия ). He held this office until his death.

In the parliamentary elections in 1899 he was re-elected as a member of the Bulgarian National Assembly, which he now belonged to until 1920. On March 5, 1901, Prime Minister Petko Karawelow appointed him Foreign Minister and Minister of Religion in his cabinet.

Prime Minister from 1902 to 1903

On January 4, 1902, he was appointed Prime Minister for the first time by Prince Ferdinand I as Karawelow's successor . During his term of office, which lasted until May 19, 1903, he also took over the office of Foreign Minister again. From February 8 to March 22, 1902, he was also Minister of Education.

During this time he was a strong supporter of the Russian Empire . At the same time the so-called Macedonia question grew . In particular, the Supreme Macedonian - Edirne Committee (OMEK) founded in Sofia by Trajko Kitanschew tried to break Macedonia away from the Ottoman Empire . In 1902 there was an uprising of this movement in the area of the Struma River , but it was suppressed. On the advice of Russia, Danev then issued a ban on the OMEK. By the end of his term in office, however, the Macedonia question led to further tensions. For fear of unrest in the entire area of ​​Macedonia, on May 19, 1903, he was dismissed and replaced by General Ratscho Petrov .

President of Parliament and Prime Minister 1913

Following his resignations, he withdrew from the political limelight for a while. It was not until June 9, 1911 that he again assumed a leading role in state leadership as President of the National Assembly. He held this office until June 1, 1913. In this role, he also had significant influence on the conclusion of the London Treaty , which he signed on May 30, 1913 and which ended the First Balkan War .

However, after Tsar Ferdinand I criticized the results of the treaty, this dismissed Ivan Geschow and instead appointed Danew as Prime Minister on June 14, 1913 . However, this time he stayed in office for just under a month and was replaced as Prime Minister on July 17, 1913, Vasil Radoslawow . During his tenure, he again took over the office of Minister for Foreign Affairs and Religion.

On November 28, 1918, he was finally appointed Minister of Finance by Teodor Teodorow . He held this office under his successor Aleksandar Stambolijski until April 16, 1920.

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Web links

Commons : Stoyan Danev  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biographical information in rulers.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bulgaria 1896-1914
2. ^ President of the National Assembly

predecessor	Office	successor
Ivan Geschow	Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1913	Wassil Radoslawow

predecessor	Office	successor
Ivan Geschow	Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria June 14, 1913 - July 17, 1913	Nikola Genadiev