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Prof. Stoyan Mikhailov
The former secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bulgaria, Professor Stoyan Mihailov, died that night at the age of 90. He is the grandfather of BSP MP Stoyan Mirchev.
His son Mihail Mirchev, a sociologist and former candidate for mayor of Sofia for the BSP, announced his death on Facebook: “Tonight our Father. Prof. Stoyan Mihailov is gone. Calmly and quietly after a wonderful sunny day.” . love not only from your relatives, but also from so many friends and colleagues, neighbors and fellow citizens. 90 years of dignified life. Life full of high spirit and courageous thinking, with honesty and daring for good works. And with a happy smile for everyone. of his soul. “
Stoyan Mihailov was declared one of the founders of Bulgarian sociology. Holder of a series of state orders. One of the few who dared to oppose Todor Zhivkov’s ideology and decisions before 1989.
Professor Mihailov was for a long time director of the Institute of Sociology during the socialist period, and from 1976 to 1988 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bulgaria. He is also the initiator of the so-called Reactivation Process, being a member of the Temporary Committee for their implementation.
He is a deputy of the Seventh Great National Assembly. After the removal of Todor Zhivkov, he briefly became Georgi Atanasov’s deputy prime minister in 1989.
He has been a professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 1970, a professor and lecturer at the University of Sofia since 1971 and a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 1984. Since 1973 he has headed the Department of Propaganda and Agitation in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bulgaria. He has worked at the Institute of Sociology since its foundation in 1968 as head of the Department of General Sociology and later director.
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