1930 July 30Born in Sofia, Bulgaria1943 November 12Gliding license1948High school diploma, Institut des Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes, Collège St. St. Cyrille et Méthode, Sofia, Bulgaria1956Law degree, State University, Sofia, Bulgaria1957 June 5Diploma in international public law, La Sorbonne, Paris, France1959 March 2Doctorat en droit international, La Sorbonne, Paris, France19601965In charge of programs in Bulgarian, Radio Vaticana19601966President, Association des Anciens Elèves des Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes de la Bulgarie1960 March 15Diploma, Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Paris, France1962Bulgarian delegate to the Central Committee of the Anti-Bolshevik Block of Nations (ABN)1962 June 24Married Michèle Françoise Bihan-Faou19621983Member, Political Council of Simeon II, King of Bulgaria, and counselor to the King1963Degree, Hague Academy of International Law (International Law Fund laureate)19651984Chancellor of the Royal Bulgarian orders and decorations19671968State Counselor of Biafra1968Author, L'église catholique en BulgarieAuthor (under the pseudonym of Strachimir Belphegoroff), La mort mystérieuse d'un roi1970Founder (with Ivan Drenikoff) and director, Centre de Recherches et de Documentation Balkaniques, Brussels, Belgium19701983Permanent Bulgarian representative to the World Anti-Communist League (WACL), and member of its council1972 October 4Allowed to use the name Kyril Drenikoff de Velboudj1975 February 9Became French citizen, and allowed to use the name Cyrille Drenec19781980President, Ligue Bulgare des Droits de l'Homme1981Author, Bulgarska literatura v izgnanie1982Author, Bibliografi'i'a za Makedoni'i'a1983 December 22Died in Brussels, BelgiumFrom the guide to the Kyril Drenikoff papers, 1849-2002, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)