Stefan Danailov

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Stefan Danailov
Стефан Данаилов
Danailov in 2006
Minister of Culture
In office 16 August 2005 – 27 July 2009
Prime Minister	Sergey Stanishev
Preceded by	Bozhidar Abrashev
Succeeded by	Vezhdi Rashidov
Member of the National Assembly
In office 14 July 2009 – 27 November 2019
Constituency	16th MMC - Plovdiv (2009-2013) 15th MMC - Pleven (2013-2014) 24th MMC - Sofia (2014-2019)
In office 5 July 2001 – 16 August 2005
Constituency	24th MMC - Sofia
Personal details
Born	Stefan Lambov Danailov (1942-12-09)9 December 1942 Sofia, Tsardom of Bulgaria
Died	27 November 2019(2019-11-27) (aged 76) Sofia, Bulgaria
Political party	Bulgarian Socialist Party
Other political affiliations	Bulgarian Communist Party (until 1989)
Alma mater	National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
Occupation	Actor, politician

Stefan Lambov Danailov (Bulgarian: Стефан Ламбов Данаилов; 9 December 1942 – 27 November 2019) was a Bulgarian actor who served as Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009).^[1]

The first film Danailov took part in was The Traces Remain (Следите остават) when he was a child. At that time he did not want to be an actor but in 1966, he graduated from VITIZ (the Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known work was as Major Deyanov in the series На всеки километър (At Each Kilometer). He participated in numerous films and plays for which he won a lot of prizes. For 20 years he was a professor at the Theatre Academy in Sofia, teaching there since 1988.^[2]

On 2 December 2019, The Bulgarian National Theater organized the biggest memorial service in Stefan Danailov's name.^[3]