Key facts
- Preceded by
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Succeeded by
- Valko Chervenkov
- Born
- ( 1877-07-16 ) 16 July 1877, Shumen , Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 23 January 1950 (1950-01-23) (aged 72), Sofia , People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Party
- BCP
- Other political affiliations
- BRSDP (1897–1903) , BRSDP-Narrow Socialists (1903–1919)
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Bulgaria
- Branch service
- Bulgarian Land Forces
- Rank
- Second lieutenant
- Battles wars
- Balkan Wars
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Petrov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bulgaria
- Place of birth
- Shumen
- Place of death
- Sofia
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Educated at
- Paul Cézanne University
- Political party
- Bulgarian Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Conflict
- Second Balkan War
- Image
- V.kolarov.jpg
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- name in native language
- Васил Коларов
- birth name
- Васил Петров Коларов
- Commons category
- Vasil Kolarov
- date of birth
- 1877-07-16
- date of death
- 1950-01-23
- place of burial
- Central Sofia Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasil Petrov Kolarov (Bulgarian: Васил Петров Коларов; 16 July 1877 – 23 January 1950) was a Bulgarian communist political leader and leading functionary in the Communist International (Comintern).
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vasil Kolarov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.