Career
He held the post from 1999 to 6 March 2013 when he was forced to step down after the anti-corruption protests involving even the self-immolation of one of the protesters Plamen Goranov. Yordanov was born in Varna, and graduated from the University of Sofia in 1982 with a degree in law. He worked in Varna Province Court from 1984 to 1991.
From 1991 to 1997 he was governor of Varna Province (oblast).
