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Tsvetan Tsvetanov (44) – Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister

Fri, Jul 31 2009 09:58 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Tsvetan Tsvetanov (44) – Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister

Photo: Maria Sabotinova

Tsvetanov is often described as Borissov’s most trusted lieutenant. He joined the Interior Ministry in 1987 and was one of Borissov’s deputies when Borissov was chief secretary of the ministry in 2001/05. After Borissov left the ministry and won the Sofia mayoral by-election, Tsvetanov became deputy mayor for public order and security. When Borissov was barred from heading the party he founded, GERB, because he was mayor of Sofia, Tsvetanov took his place as the official leader. Tsvetanov has a degree in law from UNWE and has attended numerous taught courses in the US, Spain and Hungary. With the European Commission once again criticising Bulgaria, in a report published just days before the new Cabinet took office, for insufficient efforts to tackle corruption, Tsvetanov said his main priority would be to streamline the law enforcement apparatus and improve the standards of police officers’ work.

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