Kliment Evtimov Boyadzhiev (Bulgarian: Климент Евтимов Бояджиев; 15 April 1861 – 15 July 1933) was a Bulgarian general during the Balkan Wars and World War I.
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| Born | 15 April 1861 Ohrid, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 15 July 1933 (aged 72) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
| Service |  Bulgarian Land Forces |
| Years of service | 1881–1916 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | 4th Preslav Infantry Division 1st Army |
| Battles / wars | Serbo-Bulgarian War Balkan Wars World War I |
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Biography
editBorn in Ohrid, he studied in an elementary school there. After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, he emigrated to Sofia. In 1883, he graduated from the Military School in Sofia and in 1895 graduated from the Military Academy in Torino, Italy with excellent marks.
During the successful Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885, he was an aide-de-camp in the Western Corps quarters. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Lule Burgas during the First Balkan War as a commander of the Fourth Preslav Infantry Division. Between 22 August 1913 and 1 September 1913, Kliment Boyadzhiev was the Minister of War.
During World War I, he commanded the 1st Army which achieved major successes against the Royal Serbian Army in the offiensives of Morava and Kosovo. Boyadzhiev remained in that position until 25 September 1916, when he was replaced by Dimitar Geshov and went to the reserve. The general was awarded four Bulgarian medals for courage and bravery, as well as one Russian. After the war, between 1918 and 1923 he emigrated to Germany.
He was also an author of a relief map of Bulgaria in 1902.
Boyadzhiev died in Sofia in 1933.
Honours
edit- Order of Bravery
- Order of St Alexander
- Order of Military Merit
- Order of Stara Planina, 1st grade with swords - awarded posthumously on 20 December 2012[1]
- Ottoman Liakat Medal
- Boyadzhiev Point in Antarctica is named after Kliment Boyadzhiev.
References
edit- ^ Указ № 436 от 20 декември 2012 г. за награждаване посмъртно с орден „Стара планина" първа степен с мечове на генерал-лейтенант Климент Евтимов Бояджиев (Държавен вестник, брой 2, 8 January 2013, стр. 3)
- Ташев, Ташо (1999). "Министрите на България 1879-1999". София: АИ „Проф. Марин Дринов" / Изд. на МО.