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1990. UDF Party Meeting in Plovdiv.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>24 March 1996. Petar Stoyanov is nominated UDF Presidential Candidate.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>1996. UDF election campaign.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>11 June 1996. In the UK with Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>20 June 1996. At the home of the German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>6 November 1996. The newly-elected President Petar Stoyanov and Vice President Todor Kavaldzhiev with outgoing President Zhelyu Zhelev.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>19 December 1996. In Rome with the President of Italy Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>1997. Casting his vote with his daughter Teofana.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>1997. Assuming office at 2 Dondukov Boulevard.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>19 January 1997. President Petar Stoyanov and Vice President Todor Kavaldzchiev, taking the oath of office in the National Assembly.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>19 January 1997. Signing the oath of office in the National Assembly.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>22 January 1997. After the inauguration ceremony.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Ivan Kostov presents the President with the UDF Government program.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>With Ivan Kostov and Ekaterina Mihaylova.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>January 22, 1997. The crowds cheering the newly elected President in front of the Presidential Administration Office in 2 Dondukov Blvd. in Sofia.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Following the resolution of the political crisis on 4 February 1997.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Following the resolution of the political crisis on 4 February 1997.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Following the resolution of the political crisis on 4 February 1997.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>A warm welcome in his home town Plovdiv.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>February 12, 1997. The President with caretaker government appointed by him.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>With Silvie Vartan at the Presidential Administration Office in Sofia.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Prom party for orphaned children.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>February 27, 1997. With the Polish President Kwasniewski in Warsaw.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>February 27, 1997. With the legendary leader of Solidarity Lech Walesa.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>February 28, 1997. With the Czech President Vaclav Havel in Prague.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>April 23, 1997. Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, expressing his firm position on Bulgaria's membership of NATO and on reforms in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>May 14, 1997. President Stoyanov presents Ivan Kostov, leader of UDF, after the party victory in the parliamentary elections, with mandate to form a government.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>June 1997. With the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>July 1997. In Turkey on the invitation of President Suleyman Demirel.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>August 4, 1997. After signing the decree for promulgating the Coat of Arms Act.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>November 16, 1997. Audience with Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>March 1998. In Sofia with the Prime Minister of Greece Costas Simitis.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>April 16, 1998. Meeting in Antalya with Suleyman Demirel and Emil Constantinescu.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>May 1998. With President Jiang Zemin during a state visit to China.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>August 1998. With Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Moscow.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>September 1998. With H.M. Queen Beatrix and her husband Claus von Amsberg in the Netherlands.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>September 1998. On the invitation of US President Clinton, opening the academic year at New York University alongside Tony Blair and Romano Prodi.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>October 1998. With the President and Prime Minister of India.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>October 1998. With his wife and Hillary Clinton at the Women in the 21st Century Conference in Sofia.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>November 1998. Official visit of Prince Charles to Bulgaria.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>January 1999. Meeting in Sofia with NATO Secretary General Lord George Robertson.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>February 199 in Moscow. Presented with the Themis Award by the Association of Russian Lawyers.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>March 1999. Congratulating theatre director Krikor Azaryan on his 70th birthday.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>May 1999. Meeting in Sofia with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>June 1999. Meeting in Sofia with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>July 1999. With H.M. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>July 1999. With the King and Queen of Spain and Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>September 1999. Meeting in New York with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>October 1999. Visit of H.M. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and her husband Prince Claus.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>November 1999 Sofia. Visit of US President Bill Clinton.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>November 1999. Speech in front of thousands of citizens in the square of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>January 2000. Meeting with the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi in Sofia.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>January 2000. With Israeli President Ezer Weizman and Foreign Minister David Levy.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>January 2000. In Jerusalem with his wife Antonina and daughter Teofana.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>January 2000. Yasser Arafat awards Peter Stoyanov with the Order of Bethlehem 2000.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>March 2000. With the President of Slovakia Rudolf Schuster in Old Plovdiv.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>March 2000. Presented with the Crans Montana Forum Award by the Prime Minister of Monaco, Patrick Leclerc.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>April 2000. In Berlin with the Federal President of Germany Johannes Rau.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>