Vasil Kolarov
| Vasil Kolarov Васил Коларов |
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| 33rd Prime Minister of Bulgaria | |
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In office 2 July 1949 – 23 January 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Georgi Dimitrov |
| Succeeded by | Valko Chervenkov |
| Chairman of the Provisional Presidency of Bulgaria | |
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In office 15 September 1946 – 9 December 1947 |
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| Preceded by | Simeon II as King of Bulgaria |
| Succeeded by | Mincho Neychev as Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly |
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| Born | 16 July 1877 Shumen, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 23 January 1950 (aged 72) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Political party | Bulgarian Communist Party |
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Atheism prev. Bulgarian Orthodox |
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| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Bulgaria
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| Service/branch | Bulgarian Land Forces |
| Rank | Second lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | Balkan Wars |
Vasil Petrov Kolarov (Bulgarian: Васил Петров Коларов) (16 July 1877 – 23 January 1950) was a Bulgarian communist political leader and leading functionary in the Communist International (Comintern).
Kolarov was born in Şumnu, Ottoman Empire (now Shumen, Bulgaria) on 16 July 1877, the son of a shoemaker. After graduating from high school in Varna, he worked as a teacher in Nikopol from 1895 to 1897.
In 1897, Kolarov joined the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party (BWSDP).
Kolarov studied law in Aix-en-Provence, France, and at the University of Geneva. Following his graduation in 1900, Kolarov worked as a lawyer in his hometown and, from 1904, in Plovdiv.
After the ideological split of the BWSDP, Kolarov cast his lot with Dimitar Blagoev's Tesniak (Narrow) wing of the party, which espoused revolutionary socialism. From 1904 to 1912, Kolarov headed the local Tesniak organization in Povdiv. He was named a member of the organization's governing Central Committee in 1905. On behalf of the Tesniak organization, Kolarov was a delegate to the congresses of the Second International at Stuttgart (1907) and Copenhagen (1910).
During the Balkan wars Kolarov served as a second lieutenant in the 13th Rila Regiment of 7th Rila Division of the Bulgarian army. 1913 Kolarov was elected to the Bulgarian National Assembly.
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