Anton Yugov

Anton Tanev (Dontcho) Yugov (Bulgarian: Антон Танев Югов) (5 August 1904 6 July 1991) was a Bulgarian politician who was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP), and served as Prime Minister of the country from 1956 to 1962. He was an Honorary Citizen of Tirana, Albania.

Anton Yugov
Антон Югов
Yugov in 1947
35th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office
17 April 1956  19 November 1962
Preceded byValko Chervenkov
Succeeded byTodor Zhivkov
Personal details
Born
Anton Tanev Goshev

5 August 1904
Rugunovec, Salonica vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Polykastro, Greece)
Died6 July 1991(1991-07-06) (aged 86)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Political partyBulgarian Communist Party

Yugov was born to a Bulgarian family in Karasuli (Rugunovets), Ottoman Macedonia (today Polykastro, Greece). His family moved to Plovdiv after World War I.

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