Atanas Kostov

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Birthplace

Polykastro

Biography

Atanas Kostov (1911-2004) was a Bulgarian public figure and mayor of Plovdiv in 1959-1963. Born in Karasule, Greece, his family moved to Bulgaria after the First World War, and from 1922 he lived in Plovdiv. In 1941, after the failure of the local RMS organization, he was arrested and imprisoned. After 9 September 1944 he was released, worked in the structure of the Ministry of Interior and completed party school. He was deputy minister of internal trade. After his mayoral term he worked in Vietnam in 1963-1965; later he was expelled from the party and rehabilitated.

Officially listed mayoral term in Plovdiv Municipality's mayor archive: 23 January 1959 – 1 March 1963.

More information

• Plovdiv Municipality — Mayors of Plovdiv · 2026-06-17
• Additional source: Wikipedia - Atanas Kostov · 2026-06-21

The base is Plovdiv Municipality's official “Mayors of Plovdiv” page. The incumbent term is added from Bulgaria's Administrative Register because the municipal historical list still stops at the 2019-2023 term.