Plamen Aleksandrov Panayotov (Bulgarian: Пламен Александров Панайотов; born 20 January 1958) is a Bulgarian politician and academic who served as deputy Prime Minister in charge of European integration in the Sakskoburggotski cabinet between 2003 and 2005.

[1] Born in Sliven, Panayotov graduated from the juridical faculty of Sofia University in 1983 with a degree in legal studies.

He subsequently earned a doctorate and became a professor of criminal law in 2012.

[2] In 2001, Panayotov was elected to the National Parliament and was chosen as the chairman of the parliamentary group of the NDSV, a position that he held until he assumed a government position on 17 July 2003.

[3] Panayotov left NDSV in 2007 and entered the ranks of Bulgarian New Democracy (Bulgarian: Българска нова демокрация).