What is Petar Stoyanov?
{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Petar Stoyanov<br>{{small|Петър Стоянов}} | image = {{CSS image crop|Image=Defense.gov News Photo 980212-D-9880W-027.jpg |bSize=1300|cWidth=230|cHeight=300|oTop=160|oLeft=770|Location=center}} | office = [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria|2nd]] [[President of Bulgaria]] | primeminister = [[Zhan Videnov]]<br>[[Stefan Sofiyanski]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[Ivan Kostov]]<br>[[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Simeon Sakskoburggotski]] | vicepresident = [[Todor Kavaldzhiev]] | term_start = 22 January 1997 | term_end = 22 January 2002 | predecessor = [[Zhelyu Zhelev]] | successor = [[Georgi Parvanov]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Plovdiv]], [[People's Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|Union of Democratic Forces]] (1989-1997/2005-present) [[Independent (politican)|Independent]] (1997–2005) | spouse = Antonina Stoyanova {{small|(1978–present)}} | children = Stefan (1979–)<br>Teofana (Fany) (1990–) | alma_mater = [[Sofia University]] }} '''Petar Stefanov Stoyanov''' ({{lang-bg|Петър Стефанов Стоянов}}; born 25 May 1952) is a [[Bulgaria]]n politician who was [[President of Bulgaria]] from 1997 to 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40611F93A5F0C738EDDA80994D9404482|title=President-Elect of Bulgaria Sets Sights on NATO|date=20 November 2001|work=[[New York Times]]|access-date=4 March 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was elected as a candidate of the [[Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|Union of Democratic Forces]] (UDF). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoyanov, Petar}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of Bulgaria]] {{bio-stub}}