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Atanas Atanasov
Atanas Atanasov
Атанас Атанасов
	Atanasov in 2024
Member of the National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 April 2021
Constituency	23rd MMC - Sofia
	In office; 27 October 2014 – 26 January 2017
Constituency	23rd MMC - Sofia
	In office; 25 June 2005 – 25 June 2009
Constituency	23rd MMC - Sofia
Leader of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 June 2017
Preceded by	Radan Kanev
Prime Minister
Other offices
Director of the State Agency for National Security
	In office; 8 December 1997 – 14 December 2001
Prime Minister	Ivan Kostov
Preceded by	Vladimir Manolov
Succeeded by	Ivan Drashkov
Secretary of the Ministry of Interior
	In office; 8 September 1997 – 8 September 1998
Prime Minister	Ivan Kostov
Minister	Bogomil Bonev
Personal details
Born	Atanas Petrov Atanasov; 17 May 1959 (age 65); Batin, PR Bulgaria
Political party	DSB (since 2004)
Other political; affiliations	Union of Democratic Forces (until 2004)
Spouses	Anelia Atanasova (div. 2006); Vesela Mihova (m. 2007)
Children	4
Education	Sofia University
Occupation	Politician; lawyer;

Atanas Petrov Atanasov (Bulgarian: Атанас Петров Атанасов, born 17 May 1959) is a Bulgarian politician who is currently serving as Member of the National Assembly. A member of the DSB party, which he also leads, Atansov previously served as Member of the Sofia City Council from 2011 to 2014 and Director of the State Agency for National Security from 1997 to 2001.^[1]

Biography

Atanasov was born on 17 May 1959 at Batin, Ruse, Bulgaria. He graduated from Sofia University. He worked as a judge in Ruse (1987–1988) and a prosecutor in Razgrad (1989–1992). From 1992 to 1995, Atanasov was the regional director of Minister of Interior at Razgrad. He became a lawyer.

In 1997, Atanasov briefly became the Secretary of the Minister of Interior. He was also the director of the SANS for a year.^[2] He resigned from the post of Secretary and he became the director of the SANS.^[3] He became a Major General.^[4] He began to be in politics. On 10 December 1999, he provided Kostov a list of 226 people who were corrupt. Due to this, ten of the ministers were fired, including Bogomil Bonev, Mario Tagarinski, and Alexander Bozhkov. On 5 December 2001, his list was quoted on a presidential debate, leading many to not support him.^[5]

On 14 December 2001, he resigned as the director of the SANS.^[6] He then was involved in public activities. He was a member of the Dialog Club, which later became the DSB (2004). He was a MP for the DSB (2005-2009). Since 2006, he has been the regional chairman of the DSB in Sofia. He became the chairman of the DSB since June 10, 2017.

In 2009, Atanasov did not have a seat yet, but he was appointed director of the Information Services AD until August 2010, being replaced by Dyankov. In 2011, he became a local councilman for Sofia, being part of the Blue Coalition. In October 2014, he became an MP from the Reformist Bloc.

He was chairman of the DSB since 10 June 2017.

On 12 April 2018, as chairman, he co-founded an electoral alliance called Democratic Bulgaria. He was elected as the deputy speaker of the 45th and the 46th National Assembly.