Anton Yugov
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Anton Tanev Yugov (Bulgarian: Антон Танев Югов) (28 August 1914 - 6 July 1991) was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party served as Prime Minister of the country from 1956 to 1962.
Although a long standing member of the Party, Yugov was heavily involved in the De-Stalinization that came about in 1956 on the back of Nikita Khrushchev's reforms in the Soviet Union. As a result of this, Yugov was appointed Prime Minister on April 17, 1956. He remained in the job for a number of years until overall leader Todor Zhivkov also assumed this role. Yugov, who had criticised Zhivkov for allowing the Great Leap Forward to influence economic policy, was removed as a potential rival [1].
Preceded by: Vulko Chervenkov |
Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1956-1962 |
Succeeded by: Todor Zhivkov |