Stoyan Petrov Danev ( bg, Стоян Петров Данев) (28 January 1858, in
Şumnu,
Ottoman Empire
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(today
Shumen
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) – 30 July 1949) was a leading
Bulgaria
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politician and twice
Prime Minister
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.
A legal graduate of both the
University of Heidelberg
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and the
University of Paris
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, Danev served in a number of Ministerial roles, including Foreign Minister, and became known as a strong supporter of
Imperial Russia
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. During Danev's first period of Prime Minister (which began on 4 January 1902) the question of the
Macedonians came to the fore. A group known as the
Macedonian Supreme Committee
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had been established in
Sofia
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by
Trayko Kitanchev which aimed to reclaim Macedonian land from the
Ottoman Empire
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. In 1902 the group launched an uprising in the
Struma River
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region, although it was put down and Danev, under advice from
Russia
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, outlawed the movement. His reign was dogged by Macedonia from then until 1903 when he was removed from office due to fear of an all out Macedonian uprising, as well as his opposition to the warlike Macedonian bands who enjoyed some popular support in Bulgaria, and replaced by General
Racho Petrov
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.
Danev went on to serve in a number of moderate coalition governments and was a signatory of the
Treaty of London. When it became clear that
Tsar Ferdinand did not intend honouring the treaty Danev was chosen to succeed
Ivan Evstratiev Geshov
Ivan Evstratiev Geshov ( bg, Иван Евстратиев Гешов) (20 February 1849 OS">Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe">OS– 11 March 1924) was a Bulgarian politician who served as Bulgarian Prime Min ...
as Prime Minister, although his second ministry proved brief. He was
Minister of Finance
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from 1916 to 1920.
Longevity
At the age of , Danev was the oldest Prime Minister in the history of Bulgaria.
References
1858 births
1949 deaths
Chairpersons of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
People from Shumen
Prime Ministers of Bulgaria
Finance ministers of Bulgaria
Heidelberg University alumni
University of Paris alumni
Bulgarian people of the Balkan Wars
Bulgarian expatriates in France
Bulgarian expatriates in Germany
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