# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhan-videnov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:52:32.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhan-videnov"
name: "Zhan Videnov"
slug: "zhan-videnov"
description: "Zhan Vasilev Videnov, sometimes spelled in English as Jean Videnov, was Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 25 January 1995 until 13 February 1997, a term remembered for the most severe economic and financial crisis in recent Bulgarian history, which featured hyperinflation and a drastic fall in living standards. He was chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) from 1991 to 1996. Currently he is a college lecturer and inspirer of Che Guevara of Plovdiv."
tagline: "Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_Videnov_1995.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.76386133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump