Vladimir Poptomov
Vladimir Tomov Poptomow ( Bulgarian Владимир Томов Поптомов ; born January 27, 1890 in Beliza , † May 1, 1952 in Sofia ) was Bulgarian Foreign Minister.
Life
Poptomov had joined the Bulgarian Social Democratic Labor Party in 1912 . He studied law at the University of Sofia . In the Razlog district he led the September uprising in 1923 and had to leave Bulgaria after its failure. From 1925 to 1933 he was the political secretary of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization . From 1928 he worked for the Communist International in their Balkan Secretariat.
After the Bulgarian communists came to power on September 9, 1944, he returned to Bulgaria. He became a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party . From 1945 to 1949 he was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Rabotnitschesko Delo . In 1949 he took over the role of General Secretary of the National Council of the Patriotic Front . In 1949 and 1950 he was the Bulgarian Minister for Foreign Affairs. From 1950 he then held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers .
literature
- Poptomov, Vladimir Tomov . In: Taschenlexikon Bulgaria , Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1983, page 145.
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| SURNAME | Poptomov, Vladimir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poptomov, Vladimir Tomov (full name); Поптомов, Владимир Томов (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beliza |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1952 |
| Place of death | Sofia |