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Aleksandar Stamboliyski

1879–1923 · 20th century

Aleksandar Stamboliyski was a Bulgarian politician who led the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and served as prime minister from 1919 to 1923. He had opposed Bulgaria's entry into the First World War, signed the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine and carried out land reform and other policies favouring the peasantry. He was overthrown in a military coup in June 1923 and murdered.

Aleksandar Stamboliyski
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