Vasil Kolarov

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Vasil Petrov Kolarov (Bulgarian: Васил Петров Коларов) (16 July 1877 - 23 January 1950) was a Bulgarian communist political leader.

Kolarov was born in Shumen, Bulgaria. In the 1890s, he joined the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, and, by 1905, had identified himself with its Narrow (revolutionary) wing. He was elected to the Bulgarian national assembly in 1913 and 1920. By this time, Kolarov was among the leaders of the party, and was an active participant in the Comintern. In 1923, he led a communist uprising along with Georgi Dimitrov. The uprising failed and Kolarov fled to the Soviet Union where he remained for over 20 years.

Kolarov returned to Bulgaria in 1945 during its occupation by the Soviet Union, and was elected to its national assembly again. He was reelected in 1946 and became provisional president of Bulgaria that year, amidst the growing domination of the communists. He remained president until 1947 and then became foreign minister in the Dimitrov government. When Dimitrov died in 1949, Kolarov lost his position as foreign minister and did not make a public appearance, but he was elected prime minister of Bulgaria by the party. He served in that position until his death a few months later. He died in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Preceded by Simeon II	Chairman of the Provisional Presidency 15 September, 1946–9 December, 1947	Succeeded by Mincho Neychev
Preceded by Georgi Dimitrov	Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1949-1950	Succeeded by Vulko Chervenkov

Heads of State of Bulgaria since 1946
People's Republic of Bulgaria	Kolarov \| Naichev \| Damyanov \| Ganev \| Traikov \| Zhivkov \| Mladenov
Republic of Bulgaria	Mladenov \| Zhelev \| Stoyanov \| Parvanov

Prime Ministers of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Bulgaria	Burmov \| Turnovski \| Tsankov \| Karavelov \| Ehrnrooth \| vacant \| Sobolev \| Tsankov \| Karavelov \| Turnovski \| Karavelov \| Radoslavov \| Stoilov \| Stambolov \| Stoilov \| Grekov \| Ivanchov \| Petrov \| Karavelov \| Danev \| Petrov \| Petkov \| Stanchov* \| Gudev \| Malinov \| Geshov \| Danev \| Radoslavov \| Malinov \| Teodorov \| Stamboliyski \| Tsankov \| Lyapchev \| Malinov \| Mushanov \| Georgiev \| Zlatev \| Toshev \| Kyoseivanov \| Filov \| Gabrovski* \| Bozhilov \| Bagrianov \| Muraviev \| Georgiev
Communist Bulgaria	G. Dimitrov \| Kolarov \| Chervenkov \| Yugov \| Zhivkov \| Todorov \| Filipov \| Atanasov \| Lukanov
Republic of Bulgaria	Popov \| P. Dimitrov \| Berov \| Indzhova* \| Videnov \| Sofiyanski* \| Kostov \| Sakskoburggotski \| Stanishev * denotes interim