{{Short description|Bulgarian politician (1949–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Vilhelm Kraus | image = | country = Bulgaria | office1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1949|04|22}} | birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|06|05|1949|04|22}} | death_place = Sofia, Bulgaria | party = | spouse = | partner = | children = | profession = Politician }}
'''Vilhelm Botyov Kraus''' ({{langx|bg|Вилхелм Ботьов Краус}}) (22 April 1949 – 5 June 2020<ref name="death">{{cite news|url=https://novinite.com/articles/204809/Former+Minister+of+Transport+and+Deputy+Mayor+of+Sofia+Wilhelm+Kraus+has+Passed+Away |title=Former Minister of Transport and Deputy Mayor of Sofia Wilhelm Kraus has Passed Away |publisher=novite.com|date=7 June 2020 |language=English|accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref>) was a Bulgarian politician who served as Minister of Transport in the Kostov Government between 1997 and 1999.<ref name="parliament9.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.parliament.bg/bg/plenaryst/ns/6/ID/1209|title=Стенограми от пленарни заседания – ДВАДЕСЕТ И ОСМО ЗАСЕДАНИЕ, София, петък, 11 юли 1997 г. Oткрито в 9,05 ч.|publisher=parliament.bg|date=11 July 1997 |language=Bulgarian|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref>
==Life==
Kraus was born in Sofia and completed his university studies in the Technical University in the capital, specializing in automobile transport exploitation.<ref name="omda9.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.omda.bg/page.php?tittle=%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81&IDMenu=368&IDArticle=1418|title=Профил на Вилхелм Краус в "omda|publisher=omda.bg|language=Bulgarian|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref>
In the 1990s, he served as vice-mayor of Sofia.<ref name="sofia9.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.sofia.bg/display.asp?ime=whois_zkm91-95&title=%C7%E0%EC%E5%F1%F2%ED%E8%EA%20-%20%EA%EC%E5%F2%EE%E2%E5%20%ED%E0%20%D1%CE&pathtitle=%EA%EE%E9%20%EA%EE%E9%20%E5|title=ЗАМЕСТНИК-КМЕТОВЕ НА СТОЛИЧНА ГОЛЯМА ОБЩИНА – МАНДАТ 1991–1995 г.|publisher=Sofia municipality|language=Bulgarian|accessdate=22 November 2014|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217184642/https://www.sofia.bg/display.asp?ime=whois_zkm91-95&title=%20-%20%20%20&pathtitle=%20%20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
After retiring from his political career, he became a businessman.<ref name="events9.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.events.bg/bg/holidays/4271/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC-%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81---%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%88-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0|title=Рожденици – Вилхелм Краус – бивш министър на транспорта|publisher=events.bg|language=Bulgarian|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref>
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