Georgi Damyanov

Bulgarian politician

Георги Дамянов

Chairman of the Presidium of the National AssemblyIn office
27 May 1950 – 27 November 1958Preceded byMincho NeychevSucceeded byDimitar GanevMinister of People's DefenceIn office
22 November 1946 – 27 May 1950Preceded byKimon Georgiev (as Minister of War)Succeeded byPetar Panchevski [bg] Personal detailsBorn(1892-09-23)23 September 1892
Lopushna, Principality of BulgariaDied27 November 1958(1958-11-27) (aged 66)
Sofia, Bulgarian People's RepublicPolitical partyBulgarian Communist PartyProfessionPolitician

Georgi Purvanov Damyanov (Bulgarian: Георги Първанов Дамянов; 23 September 1892 – 27 November 1958) was a Bulgarian communist politician.

Damyanov was born in Lopushna, near Ferdinand (today Montana), Bulgaria and joined the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) in 1912, which later became the Bulgarian Communist Party. He served as Defence Minister during the first stage of Bulgaria's communist regime, from 1946 to 1950. On 27 May 1950 he was elected as the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (nominal head of state of Bulgaria). He served in that position for 8 years, until his death. He died in Sofia, Bulgaria. During his time in office much of the power was held by the first secretaries of the party, first Vulko Chervenkov and then by Todor Zhivkov.