Stefan Yanev

Stefan Yanev
Stefan Yanev
Стефан Янев
	Official portrait, 2021
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
	In office; 12 May 2021 – 13 December 2021
President	Rumen Radev
Deputy	Atanas Pekanov; Boyko Rashkov; Galab Donev
Preceded by	Boyko Borisov
Succeeded by	Kiril Petkov
Constituency
Post ministerial offices; (2022-present)
Member of the National Assembly
	In office; 19 October 2022 – 3 February 2023
Constituency	24th MMC - Sofia
Leader of the Bulgarian Rise Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 May 2022
Preceded by	Position established
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices; (2017-2022)
Minister of Defence
	In office; 13 December 2021 – 1 March 2022
Prime Minister	Kiril Petkov
Preceded by	Georgi Panayotov
Succeeded by	Dragomir Zakov
	In office; 27 January 2017 – 4 May 2017
Prime Minister	Ognyan Gerdzhikov
Preceded by	Nikolay Nenchev
Succeeded by	Krasimir Karakachanov
Personal details
Born	Stefan Dinchev Yanev; 1 March 1960 (age 64); Popovitsa, Plovdiv, PR Bulgaria
Political party	Bulgarian Rise (since 2022)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (until 2021); PP (2021-2022)
Children	2
Education	Georgi Rakovski Military Academy
Occupation	Politician; military general;
Military service
Allegiance	Bulgaria
Branch/service	Bulgarian People's Army (until 1989); Bulgarian Land Forces (1989–2014)
Years of service	1979–2014
Rank	Brigadier general
Commands	Artillery division

Stefan Dinchev Yanev (Bulgarian: Стефан Динчев Янев; born 1 March 1960) is a retired Bulgarian brigade general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2021, leading a caretaker government. A political independent, he also served as Minister of Defence in 2017 and from 2021 to 2022. Yanev later founded the Bulgarian Rise party and served as Member of the National Assembly from 2022 to 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3]