Kliment Boyadzhiev

Kliment Boyadzhiev
Born 15 April 1861
Ohrid, contemporary Republic of Macedonia
Died 15 July 1933
Sofia, Bulgaria
Allegiance Bulgaria
Service/branch Bulgarian Army
Years of service 1883 - 1916
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held Forth Preslav Infantry Division
1st Bulgarian Army
Battles/wars Lule Burgas
Morava
Kosovo
Awards

Kliment Boyadzhiev (Bulgarian: Климент Бояджиев; 15 April 1861 - 15 July 1933) was a Bulgarian General during the Balkan Wars and First World War.

Born in Ohrid, he studied in an elementary school there. After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 he emigrated to Sofia. In 1883 he graduated the Military School in Sofia and in 1895 graduated the Military Academy in Torino, Italy with excellent marks.

During the successful Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885 he was an aid-de-camp in the Western Corps quarters. He distinguished himself in the battle of Lule Burgas during the First Balkan War as a commander of the Fourth Preslav Infantry Division. Between 22 August 1913 and 1 September 1913 Kliment Boyadzhiev was the Minister of War.

During the First World War he commanded the 1st Army which achieved major successes against the Serbs in the battle of Morava and the battle of Kosovo. Boyadzhiev remained in that position until 25 September 1916 when he went to the reserve. The general was awarded four Bulgarian medals for courage and bravery as well as one Russian. After the war between 1918 and 1923 he emigrated to Germany.

He was also an author of a relief map of Bulgaria in 1902.

Kliment Boyadzhiev died in Sofia in 1933.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Georgi Vazov
Minister of War
1913–1914
Succeeded by
Ivan Fichev
Military offices
Preceded by
Pravoslav Tenev
Chief of the General Staff
1915
Succeeded by
Konstantin Zhostov