Kliment Boyadzhiev

Kliment Boyadzhiev
Born	15 April 1861 Ohrid, Ottoman Empire
Died	15 July 1933 (1933-07-16) (aged 72) 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 from the Military School in Sofia and in 1895 graduated from the Military Academy in Torino, Italy with excellent marks.

During the successful Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885, he was an aide-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 Battles of Morava and the Kosovo. Boyadzhiev remained in that position until 25 September 1916, when he was replaced by Dimitar Geshov and 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.

Awards

• Order of Bravery
• Order of St Alexander,
• Order of Military Merit
• Order of Stara Planina, 1st grade with swords - awarded posthumously on 20 December 2012
• Ottoman Liyakat Medal

References

• Ташев, Ташо (1999). „Министрите на България 1879-1999“. София: АИ „Проф. Марин Дринов“ / Изд. на МО.