Ivan Kostov

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Ivan Kostov
Иван Костов
Kostov in 2010
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office 21 May 1997 – 24 July 2001
President	Petur Stoyanov
Deputy	Evgeni Bakardzhiev Veselin Metodiev Alexander Bozhkov
Preceded by	Stefan Sofiyanski
Succeeded by	Simeon Sakskoburggotski
Minister of Finance
In office 20 December 1990 – 30 December 1992
Prime Minister	Dimitar Popov Philip Dimitrov
Preceded by	Belcho Belchev
Succeeded by	Stoyan Alexandrov
Senior political offices Leader of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria In office 30 May 2004 – 13 May 2013 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Radan Kanev Leader of the Union of Democratic Forces In office 29 December 1994 – 26 June 2001 Preceded by Philip Dimitrov Succeeded by Ekaterina Mihaylova
Parliamentary offices Member of the National Assembly In office 5 July 2001 – 14 March 2013 Constituency 16th MMC - Plovdiv (2001-2005) 23rd MMC - Sofia (2005-2013) In office 12 January 1995 – 21 May 1997 Constituency 16th MMC - Plovdiv Member of the 7th Grand National Assembly In office 10 July 1990 – 20 December 1990 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Ivan Yordanov Kostov (1949-12-23) 23 December 1949 (age 74) Sofia, PR Bulgaria
Political party	Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (since 2004)
Other political affiliations	Union of Democratic Forces (until 2003)
Spouse	Elena Kostova ​ (m. 1974)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of National and World Economy Sofia University
Occupation	Politician economist lecturer author

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Ivan Yordanov Kostov (Bulgarian: Иван Йорданов Костов [iˈvan ˈkɔstof]) (born 23 December 1949) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2001. A member of the SDS party, which he led from 1994 to 2001, he was previously Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1992. Following his premiership, Kostov founded a new political party, the DSB, and served as Member of the National Assembly from 2001 to 2013.

Ivan Kostov graduated in Economics from the Karl Marx Higher Institute of Economics (today's University of National and World Economy) in Sofia in 1974, and later earned a Ph.D. in Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes from Sofia University.^[1] He then worked as an associate professor at Sofia Technical University and entered politics after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Bulgarian communist leader, Todor Zhivkov. Kostov became an economic expert for the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF). His political career began as Member of Parliament in the 7th Grand National Assembly in 1990 (he was an MP from 1990 to 2013) and he went on to become Bulgaria's Finance Minister in the two consecutive governments of Dimitar Popov (December 1990 – October 1991) and Filip Dimitrov (November 1991 – December 1992).^[2]