Yordan Sokolov | |
Native Name Lang: | bg |
Office: | Speaker of Parliament of Bulgaria |
Term Start: | 7 May 1997 |
Term End: | 5 July 2001 |
President: | Petar Stoyanov |
Primeminister: | Ivan Kostov |
Vicepresident: | Todor Kavaldjiev |
Predecessor: | Blagovest Sendov |
Successor: | Ognyan Gerdzhikov |
Office2: | Minister of Interior of Bulgaria |
Term Start2: | 8 November 1991 |
Term End2: | 30 December 1992 |
President2: | Zhelyu Zhelev |
Primeminister2: | Philip Dimitrov |
Predecessor2: | Hristo Danov |
Successor2: | Victor Mihailov |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1933 |
Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Death Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Nationality: | Bulgarian |
Party: | Union of Democratic Forces |
Alma Mater: | Sofia University |
Occupation: | Jurist |
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.
He was a graduate of the juridical faculty of Sofia University.
In 2004 together with Ivan Kostov and other MPs Sokolov founded DSB, 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.