Atanas Semerdzhiev | |
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Vice President of Bulgaria | |
In office 1 August 1990 – 22 January 1992 |
|
President | Zhelyu Zhelev |
Prime Minister |
Andrey Lukanov Dimitar Iliev Popov Philip Dimitrov |
Succeeded by | Blaga Dimitrova |
Personal details | |
Born |
Atanas Georgiev Semerdzhiev 21 May 1924 Lûzhene, near Velingrad, Bulgaria |
Died | 8 May 2015 Sofia, Bulgaria |
(aged 90)
Political party |
Bulgarian Communist Party (1943-1990) Bulgarian Socialist Party (1990-1992) Independent (1992-2015) |
Profession | soldier |
Atanas Georgiev Semerdzhiev (21 May 1924 – 8 May 2015) was a Bulgarian politician. He served as Vice President of Bulgaria from 1990 to 1992, under Zhelyu Zhelev. He was a veteran of World War II. In 1966 he was Vice Minister of Defense under General Dobri Dzhurov. On 27 December 1989 Semerdzhiev was appointed as Minister of the Interior and, on 2 February 1990, he was to the Supreme Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party. He resigned as minister of the interior on 27 July 1990. Three days later he was appointed by the Grand National Assembly as vice president.