Petar Stoyanov
| Petar Stoyanov Петър Стоянов |
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| 2nd President of Bulgaria | |
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In office 22 January 1997 – 22 January 2002 |
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| Prime Minister |
Zhan Videnov Stefan Sofiyanski (Acting) Ivan Kostov Simeon Sakskoburggotski |
| Vice President | Todor Kavaldzhiev |
| Preceded by | Zhelyu Zhelev |
| Succeeded by | Georgi Parvanov |
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25 May 1952 Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Political party |
Union of Democratic Forces (1989-1997/2005-2007) Independent (1997-2005/2007-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Antonina Stoyanova (1978–present) |
| Children | Stefan (1979- ) Teofana (Fany) (1990- ) |
| Alma mater | Sofia University |
Union of Democratic Forces (1989-1997/2005-2007)
Petar Stefanov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Петър Стефанов Стоянов) (born 25 May 1952) is a Bulgarian politician who was President of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002. He was elected as a candidate of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF). He did not succeed in the next presidential elections and after leaving office refrained from politics for a while, but, later became an MP in 2005 and was Chairman of UDF from October 1, 2005 to May 22, 2007.
Stoyanov was born on May 25, 1952, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. After graduating from secondary school, Stoyanov entered the Saint Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia law faculty where he graduated with honors in 1976. He practiced civil law in Plovdiv through the next fifteen years. Stoyanov also speaks English and German in addition to his mother tongue Bulgarian.
Quickly after the political changes in Bulgaria at the end of 1989 from communism to democratic rule Stoyanov embarked on a political career (1990), co-founding and chairing a Democracy Club in Plovdiv. Later in the same year, he became spokesman of the Plovdiv Coordinating Council of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), a new Bulgarian coalitional opposition to the former ruling political parties (BKP and BZNS).
When in 1991 UDF formed first non-communist government after the political changes in Bulgaria, President Stoyanov served as Deputy Minister of Justice. In 1993 UDF government fell out of power due to parliamentary voting of approval that did not reach enough votes. Thenafter, in May 1993, Stoyanov became a President of the UDF Legal Council.
In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and he was Deputy Chairman of the UDF Parliamentary Group, also Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Youth, Sports, and Tourism. In 1995 he was Deputy Chairman of UDF responsible for domestic policy.
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