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Deputy Ministers of Interior

DIMITAR GEORGIEV

Date of Birth: August 15th, 1968

Education
2000 – Neofit Rilski South-Western University Master’s Degree in Accountancy and Control
1992 – Todor Kableshkov University of Transport Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Experience 
January 10th, 2011 - appointed Deputy Minister of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria
November 2006 – January 2011 - Director of the International Operational Police Co-operation Directorate – Ministry of Interior
November 2005 – November 2006 – Advisor to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior
1993 - 2005 – different positions in National Security Service of the Ministry of Interior

Specializations 
Academy of the Ministry of Interior
Pointman Leadership Institute, USA
Prevention and investigation of counterfeiting of U.S. currency – U.S. Secret Service, Washington, D.C.
Advanced Management Course - International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), Roswell, New Mexico
Foreign Policy and Counter-terrorism Training – U.S. Department of State
European Police College (CEPOL), UK
Eastern University of New Mexico, USA
Qualification courses in Spain, Hungary, Greece, Germany and the Netherlands

Awards
2012 - presented the insignia of Knight in the French National Order of Merit (Ordre national du Mérite)

 

 

Philip Gounev

Date of Birth: March 21st, 1973

Education:
1992 – National High School for Ancient Languages and Cultures, Sofia;
1997 – B.B.A. degree from Eastern Nazarene College, Boston, Massachusetts, United States;
2001 – M.Sc. degree in Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom;
2003 – M.I.A. degree from Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, United States;
2011 – Ph.D. degree in Sociology from London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.

Fluent in English and French, good command of Russian and Spanish.

Work experience:
1997-1998 – Securities Division, Putnam Investments, Boston, Massachusetts, United States;
1998-2000 – Financial Analyst, Beacon Health Strategies, Boston, Massachusetts, United States;
2007-2008 – Managing Consultant, Matrix Knowledge Group, London, United Kingdom;
2012 - March, 2013 – Expert for the European Commission; Member of the EC Expert Group on Corruption; Rapporteur on Montenegro’s progress in meeting the EU accession criteria in the field of Justice and Home Affairs.
Between the years 2003-2006 and 2008-2013 - Senior Analyst at Centre for the Study of Democracy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Since 2003 up to now he has worked as Project Manager/Researcher on projects of the European Commission, FRONTEX, the Centre for the Study of Democracy /Sofia/, the Open Society Institute – New York, the South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons /SEESAC/, Safeworld /United Kingdom/, and Foreign & Commonwealth Office /United Kingdom/.

March 15, 2013 - appointed Deputy Minister of Interior in the interim government of Marin Raykov.

Publications:
Philip Gounev authored articles and publications on issues concerning organized crime and corruption, conflict prevention, combating ethnic and racial discrimination etc.