 He graduated from the Bulgarian schools in Strumitsa and Serres, and was later appointed as a teacher in the villages of Barbarevo, Robovo, Borievo and Stinik.He grew in rank in IMARO and in 1907 he became deputy voivoda of Strumitsa region.Georgiev was killed in a skirmish with the Ottoman police in the village of Dolna Ribnitsa in 1908.