About Yordan Sokolov
Lived 1933 – 2016 (aged 83). Yordan Sokolov was a Bulgarian politician and jurist.
Yordan Sokolov, (Bulgarian: Йордан Соколов) sometimes spelled as Jordan Sokolov (18 January 1933 – 24 February 2016) was a Bulgarian jurist 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.
In 2004 together with Ivan Kostov 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.
He was married to Prof. Eva Sokolova with two daughters until his death in 2016.
Awards Order of the Elephant (Denmark) Royal Order of the Seraphim (Sweden) Great Cross of The Holy Tomb Order of the Jerusalem patriarchy Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius
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Bulgarian jurist and politician (1933–2016)
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Yordan Sokolov was born on 18 January 1933 in Sofia.
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