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Ivan Kostov

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Kostov is the 13,762nd most popular politician (down from 13,678th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 180th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ivan Kostov ranks 13,762 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Peada of Mercia, Carlos Veiga, Hamengkubuwono IX, Richard H. Truly, and Emmanouil Tsouderos. After him are Reino Kuuskoski, Lajos Dinnyés, Mario Echandi Jiménez, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Teodoro Picado Michalski, and Julius Malema.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ivan Kostov ranks 380. Before him are Arjun Appadurai, Leivinha, Gheorghe Berceanu, Daniel Killer, Carlos Veiga, and Tarık Akan. After him are Graham Swift, Franz Josef Jung, Judith Light, Robert Berdella, Bogdan Borusewicz, and Gayle Rubin.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ivan Kostov ranks 175 out of 415. Before him are Simeon Simeonov (1946), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), Aleko Konstantinov (1863), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), and Charles Champaud (1865). After him are Lyuben Karavelov (1834), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), Peyo Yavorov (1878), Azis (1978), Geo Milev (1895), and Dragan Tsankov (1828).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Ivan Kostov ranks 80. Before him are Nikolai Denkov (1962), Teres I (-470), Teodor Teodorov (1859), Dimitar Dobrev (1931), Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), and Georgi Atanasov (1933). After him are Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), Dragan Tsankov (1828), Racho Petrov (1861), Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), Konstantin Muraviev (1893), and Dobri Bozhilov (1884).

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