Anton Yugov

Anton Tanev Jugow (also spelled Anton Tanev Yugov, Bulgarian Антон Танев Югов; born August 28, 1904 in Karasuli, Greece, † July 6, 1991 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian politician and former Prime Minister.

Life

Officer and resistance fighter in World War II

Jugow joined in 1928 founded in 1923 the Bulgarian Workers' Party. Between 1934-1936 he was the training in the Soviet Union. After his return he was in 1937 elected to the Politburo of the Workers' Party, the ( BKP ) merged in 1938 with the Bulgarian Communist Party.

During the Second World War he was an active member of the Communist resistance movement against the pro - German government of Bogdan Filow. After the successful coup of the Fatherland Front of 9 September 1944, he was appointed Minister of the Interior in the government of Kimon Georgiev, where he remained until November 23, 1946. He was also a Member of Parliament until 1946.

People's Republic of Bulgaria

As interior minister thus he participated in the founding of the People's Republic of Bulgaria on 15 September 1946. His position as interior minister he also retained during the reign of Georgi Dimitrov to 2 July 1949. 1946 he was re-elected MPs, and then later by the first legislature in 1950 to the fourth term in 1964 the Grand National Assembly.

On July 20, 1949, he was appointed in the government of Prime Minister Vassil Kolarov as Minister of Industries and Mines. As such, it was up to the January 16, 1954 a member of the government of the Stalinist Prime Minister Wulko Chervenkov. He was then under that one of the Deputy Prime Minister.

After the forced resignation of Chervenkov Jugow was appointed himself chairman of the Council of Ministers on 17 April 1956.

As such, he began a reform process to de-Stalinization in motion. It was supported in particular by the 1954 elected First Secretary of the Central Committee (CC ) of the BKP, Todor Zhivkov. After the elections for the Grand National Assembly, he will be confirmed on 15 March 1962 in his position as Chairman of the Council of Ministers. On the Eighth Congress of the BCP, which took place in November 1962, it was party -destructive behavior together with Chervenkov accused and he relieved of all party and government offices on 27 November 1962. However, actual reason for his dismissal was his criticism of the economic policies Schiwkows as well as its support of the Soviet attitude of Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis.

Only in 1990 was made at the last Congress of the BCP his rehabilitation.