Pravoslav Tenev

Pravoslav Krastev Tenev was a Bulgarian Infantry General and Chief of Staff of The Army (6 March 1914 - 15 April 1915).

Biography

Pravoslav Tenev was born on 15 March 1862 in Varna. On 5 October 1879 he entered military service, and in 1882 he graduated from the Military School of Vasil Levski National Military University in Sofia and on 30 August he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, enlisted in the Rahovska No. 12 infantry company . In April 1885 he was appointed subaltern-officer in the newly formed 8th Marine Regiment, and on 30 August 1885 was promoted to lieutenant.

Serbo-Bulgarian War During the Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885, Lieutenant Tanev served as commander of the 3rd company of 8th Marine Regiment.

After the war served as a company commander in the Battle of HRH school, then the Ninth Plovdiv Infantry Regiment. On 1 January 1888 he was promoted to the rank of captain, and in 1893 to the rank of major. In 1892, he graduated from General Staff Academy in Turin, Italy, and then served as general staff officer, a senior aide to the Sixth Bdina Infantry Division, and was head of the operational department in the Chief of Staff of the First Sofia Infantry Division in Sofia. On 1 January 1898 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel . In 1899 he was appointed commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment Thracian on which the service is up to 1902, when he was appointed chief of staff of the 4th Infantry Preslav Division when the service is up to 1903.