Mario Ivanov Tagarinski ( bg, Марио Иванов Тагарински) (born 4 August 1958) is a

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n politician and engineer who served as Minister of Public Administration in the

Kostov government The eighty-fourth cabinet of Bulgaria ruled from May 21, 1997 to July 24, 2001. The government was formed by the United Democratic Forces, an electoral alliance led by the Union of Democratic Forces, after they won a landslide victory in the 199 ...

between 1997 and 1999.

Life

Tagarinski was born in Yambol and graduated from the Technical University in

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with a degree in

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

. Between 1976 and 1982, he was employed in the Kremikovtzi company. Tagarinski has been a member of five National Parliaments between 1994 and 2013. He has for a long time been affiliated with the UDF. Tagarinski became a deputy in the 41st National Assembly on the ticket of the

Order, Law and Justice Order, Law and Justice ( bg, Ред, законност и справедливост, Red, zakonnost i spravedlivost, abbreviated as ''RZS'') was a conservative political party in Bulgaria. Its main focus is on fighting crime and corruption. It ...

(Bulgarian: Ред, законност и справедливост; Red, zakonnost i spravedlivost) in 2009, but left the party's parliamentary group in December 2009, causing its collapse, as it could no longer meet the 10 member requirement. He has also been associated with the New Social Democracy party (Bulgarian: Нова социалдемократическа партия). Tagarinski is married and has two children. In addition to his native

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, he also speaks Russian and

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References

1958 births Living people People from Yambol Bulgarian engineers Government ministers of Bulgaria Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria) Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) politicians {{Bulgaria-politician-stub