Georgi Ivanov Kyoseivanov (; 19 January 1884 – 27 July 1960) was a

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n politician who was

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from 1935 until 1940. Kyoseivanov came to power on 23 November 1935 after a period in which the country had had three Prime Ministers in quick succession. He went on to become the longest-serving PM since Andrey Lyapchev and throughout the period of his administration he also held the post of Foreign Minister. The government oversaw the trials of the instigators of the 1934 Bulgarian coup d'état and also concluded pacts with

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and

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undertook a policy of economic isolation of the

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. His government also oversaw a policy of rearmament after a treaty concluded with

Ioannis Metaxas Ioannis Metaxas (; 12 April 187129 January 1941) was a Greek military officer and politician who was dictator of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941. He governed constitutionally for the first four months of his tenure, and thereafter as th ...

overturned the military clauses of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine and the

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.Evans, op cit Despite this Kyoseivanov's government was seen as little more than a puppet of Tsar Boris and, although it lasted until 1940, achieved little other than allowing the Tsar to effectively govern as an absolute monarch. In 1940 he became ambassador to Switzerland where he remained after the 1944 coup in Bulgaria.

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* 1884 births 1960 deaths People from Peshtera Prime ministers of Bulgaria Ambassadors of Bulgaria to Greece Ambassadors of Bulgaria to Switzerland Bulgarian military personnel of World War I Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria) {{Bulgaria-politician-stub