Petar Stoyanov

Petar Stoyanov
Петър Стоянов
Stoyanov in 2006
2nd President of Bulgaria
In office 22 January 1997 – 22 January 2002
Prime Minister	Zhan Videnov Stefan Sofiyanski Ivan Kostov Simeon Sakskoburggotski
Vice President	Todor Kavaldzhiev
Preceded by	Zhelyu Zhelev
Succeeded by	Georgi Parvanov
Member of the National Assembly
In office 11 July 2005 – 14 September 2007
Constituency	16th MMC - Plovdiv
In office 12 January 1995 – 11 November 1996
Constituency	16th MMC - Plovdiv
Deputy Minister of Justice
In office 8 November 1991 – 30 December 1992
Prime Minister	Philip Dimitrov
Minister	Svetoslav Luchnikov
Personal details
Born	(1952-05-25) 25 May 1952 (age 72) Plovdiv, PR Bulgaria
Political party	Union of Democratic Forces (1989–1997; since 2002)
Other political affiliations	Independent (1997–2002)
Spouse	Antonina Stoyanova ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	Stefan (born 1979) Teofana (Fany) (born 1990)
Alma mater	Sofia University

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Petar Stefanov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Петър Стефанов Стоянов [ˈpɛtɐr ˈstɛfɐnof stoˈjanof]; born 25 May 1952) is a Bulgarian politician who served as President of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002.^[1] A member of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), he was the party's nominee to succeed one-term president Zhelyu Zhelev in 1996. He was elected to the Presidency in 1996, but lost his reelection bid in 2001. Following a brief retirement from politics, he became an MP in 2005 and later Chairman of UDF from 1 October 2005 to 22 May 2007. He resigned following the 2007 European Parliament election.