Kliment Boyadzhiev
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| Born | 15 April 1861 Ohrid, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 15 July 1933 (aged 72) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Allegiance |  Bulgaria |
| Service/ |  Bulgarian Army |
| Years of service | 1881–1916 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | 4th Preslav Infantry Division 1st Bulgarian Army |
| Battles/wars | Lule Burgas Morava Kosovo |
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Kliment Boyadzhiev (Bulgarian: Климент Бояджиев; 15 April 1861 – 15 July 1933) was a Bulgarian general during the Balkan Wars and First World War.
Biography[]
Born 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 the First World War, he commanded the 1st Army which achieved major successes against the Serbs in the Battles of Morava and the 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[]
- 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[]
- ^ 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.
- 1861 births
- 1933 deaths
- People from Ohrid
- Bulgarian generals
- People of the Serbo-Bulgarian War
- Bulgarian military personnel of World War I
- Bulgarian military personnel of the Balkan Wars
- Recipients of the Order of Bravery
- Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)
- Recipients of the Liakat Medal
- Macedonian Bulgarians
- Bulgarian emigrants to Germany
- Defence ministers of Bulgaria