Legacy and Personal Life
Despite the widespread corruption and swindles of his time, Videnov is commonly said to have been a personally honest man whose naivety was misused by his own associates. This assessment is supported with the argument that, unusually for Bulgaria, he apparently didn't make any personal profit from his position and indeed left politics as poor as he had entered it. In 2007, it was disclosed that he had collaborated with the Communist Bulgaria's secret service from 1988 to 1990 as a keeper of a secret meeting-place for agents.
Zhan Videnov is married and has one son. He speaks English, French, Russian and Arabic. He presently teaches European integration at the private European College of Economics and Management in Plovdiv.
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| Preceded by Reneta Indzhova |
Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1995-1997 |
Succeeded by Stefan Sofiyanski |
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