{{Short description|Bulgarian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alexander Bozhkov | occupation = Politician | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|09|23|1951|09|09}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1951|09|09}} | birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria | native_name = Александър Божков | native_name_lang = bg | office = Industry Minister of Bulgaria | term_start = 1997 | term_end = 1999 | death_place = Sofia, Bulgaria }}

'''Alexander Bozhkov''' ({{langx|bg|Александър Божков}}) (9 August 1951 – 23 August 2009) was Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister of Bulgaria from 1997 to 1999. Bozhkov played a major part in setting the general parameters of the economics policy of the Ivan Kostov government and was influential in instituting privatization.<ref>[http://www.segabg.com/online/article.asp?issueid=1737&sectionid=5&id=00004 Минус една година за приватизацията] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829083153/http://www.segabg.com/online/article.asp?issueid=1737&sectionid=5&id=00004 |date=August 29, 2009 }}</ref> He was born in Sofia and died there on August 23, 2009 after years of prolonged illness, most recently cancer. He was 58.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulgaria's Former Deputy PM Alexander Bozhkov Dies at 58 - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/107061/Bulgaria%27s+Former+Deputy+PM+Alexander+Bozhkov+Dies+at+58 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.novinite.com}}</ref>

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