Yordan Sokolov

Yordan Sokolov, (Bulgarian: Йордан Соколов) sometimes spelled as Jordan Sokolov (18 January 1933 – 24 February 2016) was a Bulgarian jurist and politician, Minister of Internal affairs from 1991 to 1992, three mandates as an MP from January 1995 to June 2005, and Speaker (Bulgarian: председател) of Parliament from 1997 to 2001.

Yordan Sokolov
Йордан Соколов
Speaker of Parliament of Bulgaria
In office
7 May 1997 – 5 July 2001
PresidentPetar Stoyanov
Prime MinisterIvan Kostov
Vice PresidentTodor Kavaldjiev
Preceded byBlagovest Sendov
Succeeded byOgnyan Gerdzhikov
Minister of Interior of Bulgaria
In office
8 November 1991 – 30 December 1992
PresidentZhelyu Zhelev
Prime MinisterPhilip Dimitrov
Preceded byHristo Danov
Succeeded byVictor Mihailov
Personal details
Born(1933-01-18)18 January 1933
Sofia, Bulgaria
Died24 February 2016(2016-02-24) (aged 83)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Political partyUnion of Democratic Forces
Alma materSofia University
OccupationJurist

He was a graduate of the juridical faculty of Sofia University.[1]

In 2004 together with Ivan Kostov and other MPs Sokolov founded DSB,[2] but in 2005 he left the political scene and returned to lawyer practice. In 2011 he left his posts at DSP and resigned from membership because of the party's united political activities with the Socialists.

He was married to Prof. Eva Sokolova with two daughters until his death in 2016.

Awards

References
  1. Prodanov et al. 2009, p. 495.
  2. Prodanov et al. 2009, p. 496.
  • Prodanov, Vasil; Todorov, Antoniy; Avramov, Yosif; Ivanova, Vanya (2009). Българският парламент и преходът (1st ed.). Sofia: Ciela. ISBN 978-954-28-0352-2.
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