Career
He was a commander of the Army School of Artillery, of the Training Section of the General Staff"s Artillery Inspection, of 2nd, 3rd Infantry divisions and Minister of War. During the Second World War he was a supporter of the Axis powers, particularly Nazi Germany. Abroad he is incorrectly thought to be the commander of the 13th Infantry division during World War I. In fact that was major-general Hristo Tsonev Lukov, a native of Gabrovo.
Hristo Nikolov Lukov was promoted during World War I to the rank of a major and a commander of an artillery battalion.
Due to his close relations with the Third Reich and his activities as leader of UBNL, Lukov is considered also as a promoter of antisemitic ideas. In the 21st century the neo-nazi Bulgarian National Union is hosting the annual so-called Lukov March in Sofia since 2003 to commemorate "fallen heroes of Bulgaria", which has caused controversy.
Lukov was assassinated by Communist partisans on the 13th of February 1943 in Sofia. According to one story he was ambushed by two assassins in front of his home in Sofia.
Although struck by bullets, he fought back one of the assailants, but the second one, a woman, fired more shots and killed him.
