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Georgi Mikhailovich Dimitrov Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Georgi Mikhailovich Dimitrov, based on 22 World History Database records associated with Bulgaria.

22 records1919–194812 events3 places

Chronological biography

1919

Communist Party1919
Politics / Communist Party

Helps found the Bulgarian Communist Party

1921

Comintern1921
Politics / Communist Party · Member of Comintern

Elected to the executive committee of the Comintern

1923

Exile of Georgi Mikhailovich Dimitrov1923
Politics / Communist Party

Exiled after leading a rebellion in Bulgaria

1929

Comintern1929
Politics / Communist Party · Head of Comintern Section · Berlin

Appointed Head of the European section of the Comintern in Berlin

1933

Plot1933
Politics / Communist Party · Berlin

Accused with the Communists of the Reichstag

Trial1933
Politics / Communist Party · Berlin

Wins worwide fame when acquitted of the Reichstag fire

1935

Comintern1935
Politics / Communist Party · General Secretary

Appointed secretary general of the Comintern in Moscow

General1935
Politics / Communist Party · General Secretary

Appointed secretary general of the Comintern in Moscow

1945

Head of State1945
Politics / Fatherland Front · Head of State

Appointed Head of State for Bulgaria

1946

Balkan Federative Republic1946
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria

During the Cominform, the Yugoslav and Bulgarian Communist leaders Josip Broz Tito and Georgi Dimitrov work on a project to merge their two countries into a Balkan Federative Republic

Prime Minister of Bulgaria1946
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Appointed Prime Minister of Bulgaria

1947

Balkan Federative Republic1 August 1947
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria · Bled

The Bled Agreement is signed by Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian leader, and Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader, which paves the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic

Bled Agreement1 August 1947
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria · Bled

The Bled Agreement is signed by Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian leader, and Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader, which paves the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic

Bled Agreement1 August 1947
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria · Bled

The Bled Agreement supports the unification of Vardar Macedonia and Pirin Macedonia and the return of Western Outlands to Bulgaria

Bled Agreement1 August 1947
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria · Bled

The Bled agreement was accepted with the Treaty on Friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between Yugoslavia and the People's Republic of Bulgaria, signed and published in Evksinograd

Bled Agreement1 August 1947
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria · Bled

The Yugoslav Government negotiates in the conference of Bled that Bulgaria will waive $25 million in war damages owed by Yugoslavia

Bled Agreement1 August 1947
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria · Bled

The first time that Bulgaria recognizes Ethnic Macedonians and the Macedonian language

Treaty of Friendship1 August 1947
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria · Evksinograd

The treaty contains: several of the Agreement on economic cooperation, on customs facilitation, agreement for preparation of a customs union, the facilitation of border crossings, border crossing on the border of population and of the citizenship between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

Treaty of Friendship1 August 1947
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria · Evksinograd

The Bled agreement was accepted with the Treaty on Friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between Yugoslavia and the People's Republic of Bulgaria, signed and published in Evksinograd

1948

Treaty of FriendshipJune 1948
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria

The policies resulting from the Treaty of Friendship are reversed after the Tito¿Stalin split when Bulgaria, being subordinated to the interests of the Soviet Union, took a stance against Yugoslavia

Treaty of FriendshipJune 1948
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria

When the Cominform campaign against Yugoslavia severed the Yugoslav Communist party leadership, the government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria deleted the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance of Bled with all agreements, except the decision of pardon of war damages

Treaty of Friendship are reversedJune 1948
Government / Government of Bulgaria · Prime Minister of Bulgaria

The policies resulting from the Treaty of Friendship are reversed after the Tito¿Stalin split when Bulgaria, being subordinated to the interests of the Soviet Union, took a stance against Yugoslavia

Titles and roles

General Secretary · Head of Comintern Section · Head of State · Member of Comintern · Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Record provenance

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