Stefan Sofiyanski

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Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski Стефан Антонов Софиянски
Acting Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office February 13, 1997 – May 21, 1997
Preceded by	Zhan Videnov
Succeeded by	Ivan Kostov

Born	November 7, 1951 (age 55) Sofia, Bulgaria
Political party	Democratic Forces

Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski (Bulgarian: Стефан Антонов Софиянски) (born November 7, 1951 in Sofia) has been a leading member of the Union of Democratic Forces in Bulgaria. He served as interim Prime Minister in 1997 and was a three term Mayor of Sofia.

A statistics graduate from the Karl Marx Higher Institute of Economics, Sofiyanski held a number of positions in the Ministry of Communications and Information during communist rule. He served in the cabinet of Filip Dimitrov and became one of the leading members of the UDF. He was elected Mayor of Sofia in 1995 and served in this position, being re-elected twice - in 1999 and 2003, until 2005 when he resigned to become a parliamentary deputy. He was appointed as caretaker PM by President Petar Stoyanov in 1997 until such time as Ivan Kostov could form a government.

In 2001 he announced that he was to leave the UDF and form his own party [1]. He ultimately formed the Union of Free Democrats and, although it initially remained a part of the UDF, Sofiyanski and his party have since thrown their lot in with the Bulgarian People's Union. On Jan 1, 2007 he joined the European Parliament as one of Bulgaria's interim members.

Preceded by Zhan Videnov	Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1997	Succeeded by Ivan Kostov

Preceded by Aleksandar Yanchulev	Mayor of Sofia 1995-2005	Succeeded by Minko Gerdzhikov

Prime Ministers of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Bulgaria	Burmov \| Turnovski \| Tsankov \| Karavelov \| Ehrnrooth \| vacant \| Sobolev \| Tsankov \| Karavelov \| Turnovski \| Karavelov \| Radoslavov \| Stoilov \| Stambolov \| Stoilov \| Grekov \| Ivanchov \| Petrov \| Karavelov \| Danev \| Petrov \| Petkov \| Stanchov* \| Gudev \| Malinov \| Geshov \| Danev \| Radoslavov \| Malinov \| Teodorov \| Stamboliyski \| Tsankov \| Lyapchev \| Malinov \| Mushanov \| Georgiev \| Zlatev \| Toshev \| Kyoseivanov \| Filov \| Gabrovski* \| Bozhilov \| Bagrianov \| Muraviev \| Georgiev
Communist Bulgaria	G. Dimitrov \| Kolarov \| Chervenkov \| Yugov \| Zhivkov \| Todorov \| Filipov \| Atanasov \| Lukanov
Republic of Bulgaria	Popov \| P. Dimitrov \| Berov \| Indzhova* \| Videnov \| Sofiyanski* \| Kostov \| Sakskoburggotski \| Stanishev * denotes interim