Stefan Yanev

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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
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
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 (1960-03-01) 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 Army Brigade general and a politician. He was from 12 May to 13 December 2021 acting deputy prime minister, acting minister of defense and caretaker government Prime Minister of Bulgaria.^[1][2][3]