He was born on December 6, 1943, in Simeonovgrad. He studied at the Vasil Levski Military School in Veliko Tarnovo. He graduated in 1966 in the profile "tank-militia". He was a platoon commander in the 49th Motor Rifle Regiment in Simeonovgrad. In 1976 he graduated from the Military Academy in Sofia. He then became Chief of Staff of the 49th Motorized Rifle Regiment. He remained in this position until 1978, when he became Deputy Regiment Commander. He later became chief of the operations division of the Second Motorized Rifle Division. From 1983 to 1986 he was commander of the 96th Tank Regiment in Chirpan. From 1986 to 1988 he was commander of the 11th Tank Brigade (Bulgaria). He studied at the Kliment Voroshilov General Staff Academy in the USSR between 1988 and 1990..-ZHivototdaden-na-armiya-i-rodina-2.pdf Koyumdzhiev, J. Life devoted to the army and homeland - 2, Compass, no. 2775, December 6, 2013 In the period 1990-1992 he was commander of the Second Motorized Rifle Division.
