Sergey Stanishev

Sergey Stanishev
Sergey Stanishev
Сергей Станишев
	Stanishev in 2009
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
	In office; 17 August 2005 – 27 July 2009
President	Georgi Parvanov
Deputy	Ivailo Kalfin; Emel Etem Toshkova; Meglena Plugchieva; Daniel Valchev;
Preceded by	Simeon Sakskoburggotski
Succeeded by	Boyko Borisov
Member of the European Parliament; for Bulgaria
	In office; 1 July 2014 – 15 July 2024
Preceded by	Ivaylo Kalfin
Succeeded by	Kristian Vigenin
President of the European Socialists
	In office; 24 November 2011 – 14 October 2022
Preceded by	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Succeeded by	Stefan Löfven
Leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party
	In office; 5 December 2001 – 27 July 2014
Preceded by	Georgi Parvanov
Succeeded by	Mihail Mikov
Member of the National Assembly
	In office; 14 July 2009 – 25 June 2014
Constituency	3rd MMC - Varna
	In office; 19 April 1997 – 17 August 2005
Constituency	19th MMC - Ruse
Personal details
Born	Sergey Dimitrievich Stanishev; 5 May 1966 (age 58); Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Citizenship	Bulgarian; Russian (until 1996)
Political party	BSP (since 1990)
Other political; affiliations	Party of European Socialists
Spouse	Monika Yosifova (m. 2013)
Children	2
Alma mater	Moscow State University ; (BA, MA, PhD)
Occupation	Politician; journalist;

Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev (Bulgarian: Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев [sɛrˈɡɛj stɐˈniʃɛf]; born 5 May 1966) is a Bulgarian politician who served Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Socialist Party, which he led from 2001 to 2014, he later served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2024. Stanishev was also the President of the European Socialists from 2011 to 2022 and a Member of the National Assembly from 1997 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2014.^[1]

^ "The President: Sergei Stanishev". PES news. Party of European Socialists. Retrieved 13 September 2019.