Studio portrait of Dimitar Mollov

Head and shoulder shot of a man in urban clothes.Dimitar Mollov (1846 - 1914) was a medical doctor and surgeon. He was very active in establishing the modern health system in Bulgaria. He was president of the Medical Council (1879 - 1882) and took initiative in establishing the Alexander's Hospital in Sofia. He was a founder of the Bulgarian Red Cross (1883) and deputy chief medical officer of the Bulgarian Army (1884 - 1887). He also was the founder (1901) and first president of the Bulgarian Medical Association. Mollov became a political figure, deputy, and Minister of Education (1883 - 1884). As of 1881 he was a correspondent member of the Bulgarian Literary Society (renamed "Bulgarian Academy of Sciences" in 1911) and became a full member in 1884