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Management Board

Deputy Ministers of Interior

VESELIN VUCHKOV

Deputy Minister of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria

Date of Birth 26 December 1968

Education 
2003 – Doctor of Laws (Subject: Criminal Procedure Law)
1993 – Master’s Degree in Law from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

Professional Experience  
Since July 2009 – Deputy Minister of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria
2001 - July 2009 – Chief Assistant at Criminal Law Department, Academy of the Ministry of Interior
1998 - 2001 – Senior Assistant at Criminal Law Department, Academy of the Ministry of Interior
1996 - 1998 – Teaching Assistant at Criminal Law Department, Academy of the Ministry of Interior
1994 - 1996 – Investigating magistrate at Sofia Metropolitan Investigation Service (Fourth Regional Investigation Service)
1994 – Trainee judge at Sofia District Court

Most Important Publications 
2008 – Subject and Significance of Evidence in the Criminal Procedure
2008 – Comments on the Law on the State Agency for National Security (co-authorship)
2007 – Tests in Criminal Procedure Law (co-authorship)
2007 – Criminal Procedure Law in Schemes and Tables (co-authorship)
2006 – Evidence in the Criminal Procedure – Characteristics and Types
1999 – Pre-trial Police Investigation

PAVLIN DIMITROV

Deputy Minister of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria

Date and Place of Birth 11 June 1952, village of Glozhene, Lovech region

Education 
Graduated the Academy of the Ministry of Interior

Professional Experience 
Since 13 August 2009 – Deputy Minister of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria
2 September 2008 – 13 August 2009 – Commissioner General of the Ministry of Interior
2006 – 2008 – Director of Burgas Regional Police Directorate
1999 – 2006 – Deputy Director of the National Police Service
1976 – 1999 – Started working at the Ministry of Interior, and was gradually appointed at different positions (investigator and then Head of Economic Police Unit at Botevgrad Regional Police Department; Deputy Chief of Pravets Regional Police Department; Deputy Chief and Chief of Botevgrad Regional Police Department; detective at Criminal Police Department of the Sofia-region Directorate of Interior)

Awards 
During his service in the Ministry of Interior he was presented several times with different awards by the Minister of Interior and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior

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Updated on at Thursday, August 20, 2009