Yordan Sokolov, ( Bulgarian: Йордан Соколов) sometimes spelled as Jordan Sokolov (18 January 1933 – 24 February 2016) was a Bulgarian

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

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 Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria. Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...

. In 2004 together with

Ivan Kostov Ivan Yordanov Kostov ( ) (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 ...

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 Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes the economic, political, and socia ...

. He was married to Prof. Eva Sokolova with two daughters until his death in 2016.

Awards

Order of the Elephant The Order of the Elephant () is a Denmark, Danish order of chivalry and is Denmark's highest-ranked honour. It has origins in the 15th century, but has officially existed since 1693, and since the establishment of constitutional monarchy in ...

(Denmark) *

Royal Order of the Seraphim The Royal Order of the Seraphim (; '' Seraphim'' being a category of angels) is the highest order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Sweden. It was created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Ord ...

(Sweden) * Great Cross of The Holy Tomb Order of the Jerusalem patriarchy * Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius

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Yordan Sokolov Remains Chairman
Standart, 13 April 2001
Yordan Sokolov - jurist, politician, statesman
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolov, Yordan Chairpersons of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Government ministers of Bulgaria Politicians from Sofia Sofia University alumni 1933 births 2016 deaths