Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bulgaria

Mинистерство на вътрешните работи
Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Sofia
Agency overview
Formed	1879
Jurisdiction	Bulgaria
Agency executive	Plamen Uzunov, Ind., Minister of Internal Affairs
Parent agency	Council of Ministers
Website	http://www.mvr.bg/en

The Ministry of Interior (Bulgarian: Mинистерство на вътрешните работи, Ministerstvo na vutreshnite raboti, abbreviated МВР, MVR) of the Republic of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with the national security and the upholding of law and order in the country.

The ministry was established in 1879 under Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg with the first prime minister and interior minister of what was then the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria being Todor Burmov.

The current minister of interior in the government of Boyko Borisov III is Mladen Marinov.

List of ministers

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party
Ministers of Interior (1879–1912)
1	Todor Burmov (1834–1906)		17 July 1879	6 December 1879	Conservative Party
2	Dimitar Grekov (1847–1901)		6 December 1879	11 December 1879	Conservative Party
3	Vladimir Rogge (1843–1906)		11 December 1879	31 January 1880	Non-party
4	Todor Ikonomov (1835–1892)		31 January 1880	7 April 1880	Conservative Party
5	Georgi Tishev (1848–1926)		7 April 1880	10 December 1880	Liberal Party
6	Dragan Tsankov (1828–1911)		10 December 1880	29 December 1880	Liberal Party
7	Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895)		29 December 1880	9 May 1881	Liberal Party
8	Johann Casimir Ehrnrooth (1833–1913)		9 May 1881	13 July 1881	Imperial Russian Army
9	Arnold Remlingen (1841–1900)		13 July 1881	12 January 1882	Imperial Russian Army
10	Grigor Nachovich (1845–1920)		12 January 1882	5 July 1882	Conservative Party
11	Leonid Sobolev (1844–1913)		5 July 1882	16 April 1883	Imperial Russian Army
12	Nestor Markov (1836–1916)		16 April 1883	15 August 1883	Non-party
(11)	Leonid Sobolev (1844–1913) (2nd time)		15 August 1883	19 September 1883	Imperial Russian Army
(6)	Dragan Tsankov (1828–1911) (2nd time)		19 September 1883	11 July 1884	Progressive Liberal Party
(7)	Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895) (2nd time)		11 July 1884	12 February 1885	Liberal Party
13	Nikola Suknarov (1849–1894)		12 February 1885	2 April 1885	Liberal Party
14	Petko Karavelov (1843–1903)		2 April 1885	21 August 1886	Liberal Party
(6)	Dragan Tsankov (1828–1911) (3rd time)		21 August 1886	24 August 1886	Progressive Liberal Party
15	Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929)		24 August 1886	10 July 1887	Liberal Party (Radoslavists)
16	Georgi Stranski (1847–1904)		10 July 1887	1 September 1887	People's Liberal Party
17	Stefan Stambolov (1854–1895)		1 September 1887	31 May 1894	People's Liberal Party
18	Konstantin Stoilov (1853–1901)		31 May 1894	13 November 1896	People's Party
19	Nayden Benev (1857–1909)		13 November 1896	30 January 1899	People's Party
(15)	Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929) (3rd time)		30 January 1899	10 December 1900	Liberal Party (Radoslavists)
20	Racho Petrov (1861–1942)		10 December 1900	4 March 1901	Non-party
21	Mihail Sarafov (1854–1924)		4 March 1901	22 March 1902	Progressive Liberal Party
22	Aleksandar Lyudskanov (1854–1922)		22 March 1902	18 May 1903	Progressive Liberal Party
23	Dimitar Petkov (1858–1907)		18 May 1903	11 March 1907	People's Liberal Party
24	Nikola Genadiev (1868–1923)		11 March 1907	16 March 1907	People's Liberal Party
25	Petar Gudev (1862–1932)		16 March 1907	29 January 1908	People's Liberal Party
26	Mihail Takev (1864–1920)		29 January 1908	18 September 1910	Democratic Party
27	Nikola Mushanov (1872–1951)		18 September 1910	29 March 1911	Democratic Party
(22)	Aleksandar Lyudskanov (1854–1922) (2nd time)		29 March 1911	14 January 1912	Progressive Liberal Party
Ministers of Interior and Public Health (1912–1946)
(22)	Aleksandar Lyudskanov (1854–1922) (2nd time)		14 January 1912	14 June 1913	Progressive Liberal Party
28	Mihail Madzarov (1854–1944)		14 June 1913	17 July 1913	People's Party
(15)	Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929) (4th time)		17 July 1913	4 October 1915	Liberal Party (Radoslavists)
29	Hristo Popov (1858–1951)		4 October 1915	7 September 1916	Liberal Party (Radoslavists)
(15)	Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929) (5th time)		7 September 1916	21 June 1918	Liberal Party (Radoslavists)
(26)	Mihail Takev (1864–1920) (2nd time)		21 June 1918	28 November 1918	Democratic Party
(27)	Nikola Mushanov (1872–1951) (2nd time)		28 November 1918	7 May 1919	Democratic Party
30	Krastyu Pastuhov (1874–1949)		7 May 1919	6 October 1919	Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)
31	Aleksandar Dimitrov (1878–1921)		6 October 1919	24 June 1921	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
32	Konstantin Tomov (1888–1935)		24 June 1921	9 November 1921	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
33	Aleksandar Radolov (1883–1945)		9 November 1921	5 January 1922	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
34	Rayko Daskalov (1886–1923)		5 January 1922	9 February 1923	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
35	Aleksandar Obbov (1887–1975)		9 February 1923	12 March 1923	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
36	Hristo Stoyanov (1892–1970)		12 March 1923	9 June 1923	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
37	Ivan Rusev (1872–1945)		9 June 1923	4 January 1926	Democratic Alliance
38	Andrey Lyapchev (1866–1933)		4 January 1926	29 June 1931	Democratic Alliance
(27)	Nikola Mushanov (1872–1951) (3rd time)		29 June 1931	12 October 1931	Democratic Party
39	Aleksandar Girginov (1879–1953)		12 October 1931	19 May 1934	Democratic Party
40	Petar Midilev (1875–1939)		19 May 1934	22 January 1935	Zveno
41	Krum Kolev (1890–1970)		22 January 1935	21 April 1935	Bulgarian Army
42	Rashko Atanasov (1884–1945)		21 April 1935	23 November 1935	Non-party
43	Georgi Sapovov (1873–?)		23 November 1935	4 July 1936	Non-party
44	Ivan Krasnovski (1882–1941)		4 July 1936	24 January 1938	Non-party
45	Nikolay Nikolaev (1887–1961)		24 January 1938	14 November 1938	Non-party
46	Nikola Nedev (1886–1970)		14 November 1938	15 February 1940	Non-party
47	Petar Gabrovski (1898–1945)		15 February 1940	14 September 1943	Non-party
48	Docho Hristov (1895–1945)		14 September 1943	1 June 1944	Non-party
49	Aleksandar Stanishev (1886–1945)		1 June 1944	2 September 1944	Non-party
50	Vergil Dimov (1901–1979)		2 September 1944	9 September 1944	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
51	Anton Yugov (1904–1991)		9 September 1944	22 November 1946	Bulgarian Communist Party
Ministers of Interior (1946–1968)
51	Anton Yugov (1904–1991)		22 November 1946	6 August 1949	Bulgarian Communist Party
52	Rusi Hrizostov (1914–1990)		6 August 1949	6 January 1951	Bulgarian Communist Party
53	Georgi Tsankov (1913–1990)		6 January 1951	17 March 1962	Bulgarian Communist Party
54	Diko Dikov (1910–1985)		17 March 1962	27 December 1968	Bulgarian Communist Party
Minister of Interior and State Security (1968–1969)
55	Angel Solakov (1922–1998)		27 December 1968	27 February 1969	Bulgarian Communist Party
Ministers of Interior (1969–Present)
55	Angel Solakov (1922–1998)		27 February 1969	9 July 1971	Bulgarian Communist Party
56	Angel Tsanev (1912–2003)		9 July 1971	7 June 1973	Bulgarian Communist Party
57	Dimitar Stoyanov (1928–1999)		7 June 1973	19 December 1988	Bulgarian Communist Party
58	Georgi Tanev (1943– )		19 December 1988	27 December 1989	Bulgarian Communist Party
59	Atanas Semerdzhiev (1924– )		27 December 1989	2 August 1990	Bulgarian Communist Party
60	Stoyan Stoyanov (1945– )		2 August 1990	5 September 1990	Bulgarian Socialist Party
61	Pencho Penev (1947– )		5 September 1990	20 December 1990	Bulgarian Socialist Party
62	Hristo Danov (1922–2003)		20 December 1990	8 November 1991	Non-party
63	Yordan Sokolov (1933– )		8 November 1991	30 December 1992	Union of Democratic Forces
64	Viktor Mihaylov (1944– )		30 December 1992	17 October 1994	Non-party
65	Chavdar Chervenkov (1949– )		17 October 1994	26 January 1995	Non-party
66	Lyubomir Nachev (1954–2006)		26 January 1995	10 May 1996	Bulgarian Socialist Party
67	Nikolay Dobrev (1947–1999)		10 May 1996	12 February 1997	Bulgarian Socialist Party
68	Bogomil Bonev (1957– )		12 February 1997	21 December 1999	Union of Democratic Forces
69	Emanuil Yordanov (1960– )		21 December 1999	24 July 2001	Union of Democratic Forces
70	Georgi Petkanov (1966– )		24 July 2001	17 August 2005	National Movement Simeon II
71	Rumen Petkov (1961– )		17 August 2005	24 April 2008	Bulgarian Socialist Party
72	Mihail Mikov (1960– )		24 April 2008	27 July 2009	Bulgarian Socialist Party
73	Tsvetan Tsvetanov (1965– )		27 July 2009	13 March 2013	GERB
74	Petya Parvanova (1960– )		13 March 2013	29 May 2013	Non-party
75	Tsvetlin Yovchev (1964– )		29 May 2013	6 August 2014	Bulgarian Socialist Party
76	Yordan Bakalov (1960– )		6 August 2014	7 November 2014	Non-party
77	Veselin Vuchkov (1968– )		7 November 2014	11 March 2015	GERB
78	Rumyana Bachvarova (2015–2017)		11 March 2015	27 January 2017	GERB
80	Valentin Radev (1958–)		4 May 2017	20 September 2018	GERB
76	Mladen Marinov (1971–)		20 September 2018		Non-party

External links

• Official website