Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)
| Mинистерство на вътрешните работи | |
 Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Sofia | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1879 |
| Jurisdiction | Bulgaria |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Council of Ministers |
| Website | http://www.mvr.bg/en |
The Ministry of Interior (Bulgarian: Mинистерство на вътрешните работи, Ministerstvo na vutreshnite raboti, abbreviated МВР, MVR) of the Republic of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with the national security and the upholding of law and order in the country. The current minister is Rumyana Bachvarova, and the current Commissioner General is Georgi Kostov.
The ministry was established in 1879 under Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg with the first prime minister and interior minister of what was then the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria being Todor Burmov.
List of ministers
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministers of Interior (1879–1912) | |||||
| 1 | Todor Burmov (1834–1906) |  | 17 July 1879 | 6 December 1879 | Conservative Party |
| 2 | Dimitar Grekov (1847–1901) |  | 6 December 1879 | 11 December 1879 | Conservative Party |
| 3 | Vladimir Rogge (1843–1906) |  | 11 December 1879 | 31 January 1880 | Non-party |
| 4 | Todor Ikonomov (1835–1892) |  | 31 January 1880 | 7 April 1880 | Conservative Party |
| 5 | Georgi Tishev (1848–1926) | | 7 April 1880 | 10 December 1880 | Liberal Party |
| 6 | Dragan Tsankov (1828–1911) |  | 10 December 1880 | 29 December 1880 | Liberal Party |
| 7 | Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895) |  | 29 December 1880 | 9 May 1881 | Liberal Party |
| 8 | Johann Casimir Ehrnrooth (1833–1913) |  | 9 May 1881 | 13 July 1881 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 9 | Arnold Remlingen (1841–1900) | | 13 July 1881 | 12 January 1882 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 10 | Grigor Nachovich (1845–1920) |  | 12 January 1882 | 5 July 1882 | Conservative Party |
| 11 | Leonid Sobolev (1844–1913) |  | 5 July 1882 | 16 April 1883 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 12 | Nestor Markov (1836–1916) |  | 16 April 1883 | 15 August 1883 | Non-party |
| (11) | Leonid Sobolev (1844–1913) (2nd time) | | 15 August 1883 | 19 September 1883 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| (6) | Dragan Tsankov (1828–1911) (2nd time) | | 19 September 1883 | 11 July 1884 | Progressive Liberal Party |
| (7) | Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895) (2nd time) | | 11 July 1884 | 12 February 1885 | Liberal Party |
| 13 | Nikola Suknarov (1849–1894) | | 12 February 1885 | 2 April 1885 | Liberal Party |
| 14 | Petko Karavelov (1843–1903) |  | 2 April 1885 | 21 August 1886 | Liberal Party |
| (6) | Dragan Tsankov (1828–1911) (3rd time) | | 21 August 1886 | 24 August 1886 | Progressive Liberal Party |
| 15 | Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929) |  | 24 August 1886 | 10 July 1887 | Liberal Party (Radoslavists) |
| 16 | Georgi Stranski (1847–1904) |  | 10 July 1887 | 1 September 1887 | People's Liberal Party |
| 17 | Stefan Stambolov (1854–1895) |  | 1 September 1887 | 31 May 1894 | People's Liberal Party |
| 18 | Konstantin Stoilov (1853–1901) |  | 31 May 1894 | 13 November 1896 | People's Party |
| 19 | Nayden Benev (1857–1909) |  | 13 November 1896 | 30 January 1899 | People's Party |
| (15) | Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929) (3rd time) | | 30 January 1899 | 10 December 1900 | Liberal Party (Radoslavists) |
| 20 | Racho Petrov (1861–1942) |  | 10 December 1900 | 4 March 1901 | Non-party |
| 21 | Mihail Sarafov (1854–1924) |  | 4 March 1901 | 22 March 1902 | Progressive Liberal Party |
| 22 | Aleksandar Lyudskanov (1854–1922) | | 22 March 1902 | 18 May 1903 | Progressive Liberal Party |
| 23 | Dimitar Petkov (1858–1907) |  | 18 May 1903 | 11 March 1907 | People's Liberal Party |
| 24 | Nikola Genadiev (1868–1923) |  | 11 March 1907 | 16 March 1907 | People's Liberal Party |
| 25 | Petar Gudev (1862–1932) |  | 16 March 1907 | 29 January 1908 | People's Liberal Party |
| 26 | Mihail Takev (1864–1920) |  | 29 January 1908 | 18 September 1910 | Democratic Party |
| 27 | Nikola Mushanov (1872–1951) |  | 18 September 1910 | 29 March 1911 | Democratic Party |
| (22) | Aleksandar Lyudskanov (1854–1922) (2nd time) | | 29 March 1911 | 14 January 1912 | Progressive Liberal Party |
| Ministers of Interior and Public Health (1912–1946) | |||||
| (22) | Aleksandar Lyudskanov (1854–1922) (2nd time) | | 14 January 1912 | 14 June 1913 | Progressive Liberal Party |
| 28 | Mihail Madzarov (1854–1944) |  | 14 June 1913 | 17 July 1913 | People's Party |
| (15) | Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929) (4th time) | | 17 July 1913 | 4 October 1915 | Liberal Party (Radoslavists) |
| 29 | Hristo Popov (1858–1951) | | 4 October 1915 | 7 September 1916 | Liberal Party (Radoslavists) |
| (15) | Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929) (5th time) | | 7 September 1916 | 21 June 1918 | Liberal Party (Radoslavists) |
| (26) | Mihail Takev (1864–1920) (2nd time) | | 21 June 1918 | 28 November 1918 | Democratic Party |
| (27) | Nikola Mushanov (1872–1951) (2nd time) | | 28 November 1918 | 7 May 1919 | Democratic Party |
| 30 | Krastyu Pastuhov (1874–1949) | | 7 May 1919 | 6 October 1919 | Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) |
| 31 | Aleksandar Dimitrov (1878–1921) |  | 6 October 1919 | 24 June 1921 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 32 | Konstantin Tomov (1888–1935) | | 24 June 1921 | 9 November 1921 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 33 | Aleksandar Radolov (1883–1945) | | 9 November 1921 | 5 January 1922 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 34 | Rayko Daskalov (1886–1923) |  | 5 January 1922 | 9 February 1923 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 35 | Aleksandar Obbov (1887–1975) |  | 9 February 1923 | 12 March 1923 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 36 | Hristo Stoyanov (1892–1970) | | 12 March 1923 | 9 June 1923 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 37 | Ivan Rusev (1872–1945) |  | 9 June 1923 | 4 January 1926 | Democratic Alliance |
| 38 | Andrey Lyapchev (1866–1933) |  | 4 January 1926 | 29 June 1931 | Democratic Alliance |
| (27) | Nikola Mushanov (1872–1951) (3rd time) | | 29 June 1931 | 12 October 1931 | Democratic Party |
| 39 | Aleksandar Girginov (1879–1953) | | 12 October 1931 | 19 May 1934 | Democratic Party |
| 40 | Petar Midilev (1875–1939) | | 19 May 1934 | 22 January 1935 | Zveno |
| 41 | Krum Kolev (1890–1970) | | 22 January 1935 | 21 April 1935 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 42 | Rashko Atanasov (1884–1945) |  | 21 April 1935 | 23 November 1935 | Non-party |
| 43 | Georgi Sapovov (1873–?) | | 23 November 1935 | 4 July 1936 | Non-party |
| 44 | Ivan Krasnovski (1882–1941) | | 4 July 1936 | 24 January 1938 | Non-party |
| 45 | Nikolay Nikolaev (1887–1961) | | 24 January 1938 | 14 November 1938 | Non-party |
| 46 | Nikola Nedev (1886–1970) | | 14 November 1938 | 15 February 1940 | Non-party |
| 47 | Petar Gabrovski (1898–1945) | | 15 February 1940 | 14 September 1943 | Non-party |
| 48 | Docho Hristov (1895–1945) | | 14 September 1943 | 1 June 1944 | Non-party |
| 49 | Aleksandar Stanishev (1886–1945) | | 1 June 1944 | 2 September 1944 | Non-party |
| 50 | Vergil Dimov (1901–1979) | | 2 September 1944 | 9 September 1944 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 51 | Anton Yugov (1904–1991) |  | 9 September 1944 | 22 November 1946 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| Ministers of Interior (1946–1968) | |||||
| 51 | Anton Yugov (1904–1991) | | 22 November 1946 | 6 August 1949 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 52 | Rusi Hrizostov (1914–1990) | | 6 August 1949 | 6 January 1951 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 53 | Georgi Tsankov (1913–1990) | | 6 January 1951 | 17 March 1962 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 54 | Diko Dikov (1910–1985) | | 17 March 1962 | 27 December 1968 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| Minister of Interior and State Security (1968–1969) | |||||
| 55 | Angel Solakov (1922–1998) | | 27 December 1968 | 27 February 1969 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| Ministers of Interior (1969–Present) | |||||
| 55 | Angel Solakov (1922–1998) | | 27 February 1969 | 9 July 1971 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 56 | Angel Tsanev (1912–2003) | | 9 July 1971 | 7 June 1973 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 57 | Dimitar Stoyanov (1928–1999) | | 7 June 1973 | 19 December 1988 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 58 | Georgi Tanev (1943– ) | | 19 December 1988 | 27 December 1989 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 59 | Atanas Semerdzhiev (1924– ) | | 27 December 1989 | 2 August 1990 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 60 | Stoyan Stoyanov (1945– ) | | 2 August 1990 | 5 September 1990 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 61 | Pencho Penev (1947– ) | | 5 September 1990 | 20 December 1990 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 62 | Hristo Danov (1922–2003) | | 20 December 1990 | 8 November 1991 | Non-party |
| 63 | Yordan Sokolov (1933– ) | | 8 November 1991 | 30 December 1992 | Union of Democratic Forces |
| 64 | Viktor Mihaylov (1944– ) | | 30 December 1992 | 17 October 1994 | Non-party |
| 65 | Chavdar Chervenkov (1949– ) | | 17 October 1994 | 26 January 1995 | Non-party |
| 66 | Lyubomir Nachev (1954–2006) | | 26 January 1995 | 10 May 1996 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 67 | Nikolay Dobrev (1947–1999) | | 10 May 1996 | 12 February 1997 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 68 | Bogomil Bonev (1957– ) | | 12 February 1997 | 21 December 1999 | Union of Democratic Forces |
| 69 | Emanuil Yordanov (1960– ) | | 21 December 1999 | 24 July 2001 | Union of Democratic Forces |
| 70 | Georgi Petkanov (1966– ) | | 24 July 2001 | 17 August 2005 | National Movement Simeon II |
| 71 | Rumen Petkov (1961– ) | | 17 August 2005 | 24 April 2008 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 72 | Mihail Mikov (1960– ) |  | 24 April 2008 | 27 July 2009 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 73 | Tsvetan Tsvetanov (1965– ) |  | 27 July 2009 | 13 March 2013 | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria |
| 74 | Petya Parvanova (1960– ) |  | 13 March 2013 | 29 May 2013 | Non-party |
| 75 | Tsvetlin Yovchev (1964– ) | | 29 May 2013 | 6 August 2014 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 76 | Yordan Bakalov (1960– ) | | 6 August 2014 | 7 November 2014 | Non-party |
| 77 | Veselin Vuchkov (1968– ) | | 7 November 2014 | 11 March 2015 | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria |
| 78 | Rumyana Bachvarova (1959– ) |  | 11 March 2015 | Incumbent | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria |
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