Yordan Sokolov Explained

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.

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