# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/atanas-semerdzhiev
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:57:48.298Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/atanas-semerdzhiev"
name: "Atanas Semerdzhiev"
slug: "atanas-semerdzhiev"
description: "Atanas Georgiev Semerdzhiev was a Bulgarian general, statesman and politician. He was a veteran of World War II, as he participated in the Partisan Movement in Bulgaria during 1942–1944. During the same period he became the commander of the Chepinets Partisan Brigade, as he fought against the Tsardom of Bulgaria and Nazi Germany. He is the longest-serving Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army (1962–1989), first deputy minister of defence (1966–1989), member of the Central Committee of the BKP (1962–1990) and the Supreme Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (1990–1992), Minister of Interior (1989–1990), first vice president of Bulgaria (1990–1992) elected by the National Assembly. People's representative in the VII Supreme Court and V-IX Supreme Court. He is the author of memoirs and military-theoretical works."
tagline: "Bulgarian politician (1924-2015)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-05-21"
deathDate: "2015-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.28
  momentum:             23.04878048780488
  historical:           7.875198666666666
  currentAttention:     5.720000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%96%D1%94%D0%B2"
    title: "Атанас Семерджієв"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "اتاناس سيميرچيڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Атанас Семерджиев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Semerdschiew"
    title: "Atanas Semerdschiew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Semerdzhiev"
    title: "Atanas Semerdzhiev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Semerdzhiev"
    title: "Atanas Semerdzhiev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Semerd%C5%BCiew"
    title: "Atanas Semerdżiew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Семерджиев, Атанас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Semerdzhiev"
    title: "Atanas Semerdzhiev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump