Atanasov was born on 17 May 1959 at
Batin,
Ruse,
Bulgaria. He graduated from
Sofia University. He worked as a judge in Ruse (1987–1988) and a prosecutor in
Razgrad (1989–1992). From 1992 to 1995, Atanasov was the regional director of
Minister of Interior at Razgrad. He became a
lawyer. In 1997, Atanasov briefly became the Secretary of the
Minister of Interior. He was also the director of the
SANS for a year. He resigned from the post of Secretary and he became the director of the
SANS. He became a
Major General. He began to be in
politics. On 10 December 1999, he provided
Kostov a list of 226 people who were corrupt. Due to this, ten of the ministers were fired, including
Bogomil Bonev,
Mario Tagarinski, and
Alexander Bozhkov. On 5 December 2001, his list was quoted on a presidential debate, leading many to not support him. On 14 December 2001, he resigned as the director of the
SANS. He then was involved in public activities. He was a member of the
Dialog Club, which later became the
DSB (2004). He was an MP for the DSB (2005-2009). Since 2006, he has been the regional chairman of the DSB in
Sofia. He became the chairman of the DSB since June 10, 2017. In 2009, Atanasov did not have a seat yet, but he was appointed director of the
Information Services AD until August 2010, being replaced by
Dyankov. In 2011, he became a local councilman for
Sofia, being part of the
Blue Coalition. In October 2014, he became an MP from the
Reformist Bloc. He became chairman of the
DSB on 10 June 2017. On 12 April 2018, as chairman, he co-founded an electoral alliance called
Democratic Bulgaria. He was elected as the deputy speaker of the
45th and the 46th National Assembly. == See also ==