Georgi Damyanov | |
Office: | Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly |
Term Start: | 27 May 1950 |
Term End: | 27 November 1958 |
Predecessor: | Mincho Neychev |
Successor: | Dimitar Ganev |
Office1: | Minister of People's Defence |
Term Start1: | 22 November 1946 |
Term End1: | 27 May 1950 |
Predecessor1: | Kimon Georgiev (as Minister of War) |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1892 |
Birth Place: | Lopushna, Principality of Bulgaria |
Death Place: | Sofia, Bulgarian People's Republic |
Party: | Bulgarian Communist Party |
Profession: | Politician |
Native Name Lang: | bg |
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.