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Sergei Stanishev

Politician

Sergei Stanishev is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Sergei Stanischew · Sergei Stanishev · Sergei Stanišev · Sergej Stanisjev · Sergej Staniszew · 24 more...				[sources]
Other name	Sergei Dmitrievich Stanishev · Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Stanischew · Sergei Stanischew · Sergei Stanisev · Sergei Stanishev · 47 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Stanischew · Stanishev · Stanisjev · Stanişev · Stanišev · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1966-05-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Kherson				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Bulgaria				[sources]
Country	Bulgaria · European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Bulgaria · Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Sergey				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q202117				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2014-2019) · Member of the European Parliament (2019-2024) · National Assembly (member, 2009-2013) · National Assembly (member, 2013-2014) · Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2005-2009) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	35th school for foreign languages "Dobri Voynikov" · Goodenough College · MSU Faculty of History				[sources]
Ethnicity	Bulgarians				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Bulgarian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Dimitar Stanishev Politician	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Prime Minister of Bulgaria	2005-08-17	2009-07-27
Member of the National Assembly	2013-05-21

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,846

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,067

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Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,036

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,262

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-b8a2a800-420a-44f1-88f9-709a030b56b6 · evpo-983093dc-6978-4528-9b06-b830ced3f73d

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