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Kosta Tsonev

PEP · Politician

Kosta Tsonev 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	Kosta Conew · Kosta Tsonev · Kosta Zonew · Koszta Conev · КОСТА ДИМИТРОВ ЦОНЕВ · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	KOSTA DIMITROV TCONEV · Kosta Conew · Kosta Dimitrov Tsonev · Kosta Tsonev · Kosta Zonew · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Цонев				[sources]
Birth date	1929-06-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Sofia				[sources]
Death date	2012-01-25				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Bulgaria				[sources]
Citizenship	Bulgaria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Kosta				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2329086				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	National Assembly (member, 2005-2009) · member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2001-2005) · member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2005-2009)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-03	Last processed	2026-04-03	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

Bulgarian actor (1929–2012)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata328,139

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,340

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Vasil Tsonev Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Anahid Tacheva Close Associate	spouse	1958

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly	2005-07-14	2009-06-25