| Ventsislav Varbanov | |
| Office: | Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry |
| Primeminister: | Ivan Kostov |
| Term Start: | 21 May 1997 |
| Term End: | 24 July 2001 |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 24 February 2010 |
| Term End2: | 14 March 2013 |
| Constituency2: | 8th MMC – Dobrich |
| Term Start3: | 5 July 2001 |
| Term End3: | 7 October 2009 |
| Constituency3: | MMC – Pleven (2001-2009) MMC – Dobrich (2009) |
| Term Start4: | 7 May 1997 |
| Term End4: | 24 May 1997 |
| Office5: | Chairman of the Bulgarian Agricultural Producers Association |
| Term Start5: | 2014 |
| Office6: | Mayor of Dolni Dabnik |
| Term Start6: | 1991 |
| Term End6: | 7 May 1997 |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Dolni Dabnik, Pleven Province, Bulgaria |
| Party: | Independent |
| Otherparty: | United Agrarians (2006-2010) BZNS-NS (until 2006) |
| Profession: | Politician, agriculturalist |
| Nationality: | Bulgarian |
Ventsislav Vasilev Varbanov (bg|Венцислав Василев Върбанов; born 16 April 1962) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Agrarian Reform in the Kostov government between 1997 and 2001.[1]
Since 2014, he has been the chairman of the Association of Agricultural Producers (Bulgarian: Асоциация на земеделските производители) in Bulgaria.[2]
Kraus was born in Dolni Dabnik and studied at the Higher Institute of Zootechnics and Veterinary Medicine in Stara Zagora, specializing in zoo engineering.[3]
Member of Bulgarian parliament between 2001 — 2009 (39th National Assembly; 40th National Assembly; 41st National Assembly) and again from 2010 to 2013 (41st National Assembly).[4] [5] [6]
Between 1991 and 1997, he served as mayor of the Dolni Dabnik municipality.[7]