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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, in Sofia) was the 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria in office from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) between December 1994 and July 2001. 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Kostov has received more than 81,939 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ivan Kostov is the 13,391st most popular politician (down from 12,756th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 177th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Bulgarian Politician.

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  • 24

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  • 3.28

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  • 3.14

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ivan Kostov ranks 13,391 out of 15,577Before him are Gennady Voronov, Andris Bērziņš, Claude Joseph, Hans van Mierlo, Petko Karavelov, and Murtaza Rakhimov. After him are Laurance Rockefeller, Jane Marcet, Julio Anguita, Sledd of Essex, José María Moncada, and José Pardo y Barreda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ivan Kostov ranks 376Before him are Stephen Gyllenhaal, Manfred Burgsmüller, John Podesta, Gil Scott-Heron, Leopoldo Brenes, and Gates McFadden. After him are Bob Backlund, Kayahan, Alan White, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, and Ireen Sheer.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ivan Kostov ranks 181 out of 372Before him are Azis (1978), Nikola Kotkov (1938), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), Nikola Mushanov (1872), and Petko Karavelov (1843). After him are Stefan Toshev (1859), Nadya Nozharova (1916), Teodor Teodorov (1859), Yordan Yovkov (1880), Dora Gabe (1888), and Yordanka Blagoeva (1947).

Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Ivan Kostov ranks 83Before him are Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), Stoyan Danev (1858), Dragan Tsankov (1828), Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), Nikola Mushanov (1872), and Petko Karavelov (1843). After him are Teodor Teodorov (1859), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Konstantin Stoilov (1853), Pencho Zlatev (1883), Lyuben Berov (1925), and Racho Petrov (1861).