Yordan Sokolov

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.

Yordan Sokolov
Йордан Соколов
Speaker of Parliament of Bulgaria
In office 7 May 1997 – 5 July 2001
President	Petar Stoyanov
Prime Minister	Ivan Kostov
Vice President	Todor Kavaldjiev
Preceded by	Blagovest Sendov
Succeeded by	Ognyan Gerdzhikov
Minister of Interior of Bulgaria
In office 8 November 1991 – 30 December 1992
President	Zhelyu Zhelev
Prime Minister	Philip Dimitrov
Preceded by	Hristo Danov
Succeeded by	Victor Mihailov
Personal details
Born	(1933-01-18)18 January 1933 Sofia, Bulgaria
Died	24 February 2016(2016-02-24) (aged 83) Sofia, Bulgaria
Political party	Union of Democratic Forces
Alma mater	Sofia University
Occupation	Jurist

He was a graduate of the juridical faculty of Sofia University.^[1]

In 2004 together with Ivan Kostov and other MPs Sokolov founded DSB,^[2] 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