Stambolov, Stefan Nikolov

Stambolov, Stefan Nikolov

▪ prime minister of Bulgaria

born Jan. 31, 1854, Tŭrnovo, Rumelia [now Veliko Tŭrnovo, Bulg.]
died July 18, 1895, Sofia, Bulg.

      statesman who from 1887 to 1894 served as the despotic prime minister of Bulgaria; he was often referred to as the Bulgarian Bismarck.

      The son of an innkeeper, Stambolov early joined the Bulgarian underground revolutionary movement against Turkish rule and led small anti-Turkish risings in 1875 and 1876. He fought with Bulgarian irregulars against Turkey in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), and, soon after Bulgaria gained autonomy in 1878, he was elected to the new Bulgarian assembly (Sobranye). Elected president of the assembly in 1884, he successfully urged upon Bulgaria's prince, Alexander I, a course of union with Eastern Rumelia (1885), despite the opposition of Russia. Following the pro-Russian coup d'état and the forced abdication and abduction of Alexander in August 1886, Stambolov established a government loyal to the prince at Tŭrnovo, which undermined the provisional government at Sofia formed by the conspirators. Following Alexander's formal abdication (September 1886), Stambolov headed the regency council and, after successfully thwarting Russian attempts at intervention, secured the election of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the Bulgarian throne (July 7, 1887).

      Under Bulgaria's new prince, Stambolov formed a ministry that remained in power from September 1887 to May 1894. Continued opposition to Russia coloured his regime, which was marked also by a rapprochement with Turkey and the dissemination of Bulgarian influence in Macedonia. Recurrent antidynastic and pro-Russian conspiracies in Bulgaria, however, led him to employ dictatorial tactics to secure the continuation of the government. Moreover, his initial domination of Ferdinand was eventually overcome by the prince, who finally harassed his chief minister into resigning (May 31, 1894). Hounded for months by his enemies after his fall, Stambolov died after suffering a brutal street assault in Sofia.

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