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Ivan Kostov

1949 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Kostov has received more than 93,125 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Kostov is the 13,681st most popular politician (down from 13,343rd in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 181st in 2019) and the 86th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 93k

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  • 56.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ivan Kostov ranks 13,681 out of 19,576. Before him are Ankhesenpepi I, Mohamed Wali Akeik, José Díaz, Babiker Awadalla, Theo Waigel, and Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster. After him are Mari Kiviniemi, Vistahm, Asharid-apal-Ekur, Moussa Koussa, Nicolás de Piérola, and Gérard Latortue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ivan Kostov ranks 369. Before him are Masato Harada, Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, Leopoldo Brenes, Graham Swift, Natalia Kuchinskaya, and Stephen Gyllenhaal. After him are Ebi, Moussa Koussa, Mugur Isărescu, Bob Ezrin, Carlos Gomes Júnior, and Ed Begley Jr..

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ivan Kostov ranks 180 out of 415. Before him are Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis (1913), Dobromir Zhechev (1942), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901), Stoyan Danev (1858), Nikola Ivanov (1861), and Petko Karavelov (1843). After him are Ivan Davidov (1943), Azis (1978), Stefan Bozhkov (1923), Grigor Dimitrov (1991), Marin Drinov (1838), and Pencho Slaveykov (1866).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Ivan Kostov ranks 86. Before him are Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Dobri Bozhilov (1884), Konstantin Muraviev (1893), Stoyan Danev (1858), and Petko Karavelov (1843). After him are Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), Dragan Tsankov (1828), Teodor Teodorov (1859), Dimitar Dobrev (1931), Konstantin Stoilov (1853), and Georgi Kyoseivanov (1884).

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