Boyko Iliev Rashkov (

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: Бойко Илиев Рашков, born 28 September 1954 in Ognyanovo,

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) is a

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, state

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and politician, deputy to the

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in 2021, Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security. He was Minister of the Interior in

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and second Stefan Yanev government and in the Kiril Petkov government.

Curriculum vitae

In 1979, he graduated in law from the

Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...

. Later, he became a lecturer and

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at the

University of National and World Economy The University of National and World Economy ( bg, Университет за национално и световно стопанство) is a university in Sofia, Bulgaria. Notable alumni of the university are five Prime Ministers of Bulga ...

, in 2016 he took over the department of criminal law. From 1981 to 1992 he was an investigator in the regional investigative service in Sofia, from 1995 to 2001 he headed the State Investigation Service (NSS) at the national level as deputy prosecutor general. In the years 2001–2005, he was a member of the

of the 39th term from the list of the

Coalition for Bulgaria The BSP for Bulgaria ( bg, БСП за България, BSP za Bŭlgariya), or the Coalition for Bulgaria ( bg, Коалиция за България, Koalitsiya za Bŭlgariya) until 2017, is a left-wing electoral alliance in Bulgaria led by t ...

. From January 2008 to May 2009, he was deputy minister of justice, and returned to work at the NSS as department director. From 2013 to 2018, he was the director of the state office responsible for controlling the use of special measures in investigations (NBKSRS). In May 2021, he was appointed to the offices of the deputy prime minister for public order and security and the minister of internal affairs in the transitional administration of Stefan Yanev. He remained in these positions in the second technical government of the same prime minister, created in September 2021. In December 2021, he left the position of deputy prime minister. In the government that was established at that time,

Kiril Petkov Kiril Petkov Petkov ( bg, Кирил Петков Петков; born 17 April 1980) is a Bulgarian politician, economist, and entrepreneur, who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from December 2021 to August 2022. He is the co-leader of We ...

maintained the position of Minister of the Interior (on the recommendation of the group

We Continue the Change We Continue the Change ( bg, Продължаваме промяната, Prodalzhavame promyanata; PP), sometimes translated as Change Continues, is a Centrism, centrist, anti-corruption List of political parties in Bulgaria, political party and ...

References

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