Iliya Chaylev

1870–1961 (age 91)

Biography

Iliya Chaylev spent his career on the bench, striving toward fairness and steady jurisprudence during a period of great change in Bulgaria's legal life.

His judicious temperament and commitment to the rule of law encouraged trust in civic institutions, and his interment at Central Sofia Cemetery marks the resting place of a man who valued deliberate justice and thoughtful counsel.

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