Ministry of Defence (Bulgaria)
| Министерство на отбраната | |
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Ministerial insignia | |
.JPG) Ministry of Defence building in Sofia | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1879 |
| Jurisdiction | Bulgaria |
| Headquarters | Dyakon Ignatiy 3, Sofia |
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| Parent agency | Council of Ministers |
| Website | http://www.mod.bg/en |
The Ministry of Defence (Bulgarian: Министерство на отбраната, Ministerstvo na otbranata) of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with regulating the Bulgarian Armed Forces.
Since November 2014 (as of 2014), Minister of Defence is Nikolay Nenchev of the Reformist Bloc.
The present building of the ministry is among the finest examples of the Bulgarian modern architecture from the middle of 20th century. It was designed by the famous Bulgarian architectural team Vasilyov-Tsolov and completed in the period 1939-45.
Structure
Political Cabinet
The political cabinet assists the Minister of Defense in formulating and developing particular decisions for carrying out the governmental policy, and in representing that policy to society. It consists of the deputy ministers, the head of the Minister's office, the parliamentary secretary and the Chief of the Public Relations unit. The work of the cabinet is assisted by experts. There are currently two Deputy Ministers serving office: Ivan Ivanov and Spas Panchev.
Secretary General
The Secretary General carries out the administrative leadership of the Ministry of Defense by implementing the legal orders issued by the Minister of Defense; it also leads, coordinates, and controls the functioning of the Ministry of Defense with respect to the strict observation of the laws and the sub-law acts, and reports to the Minister of Defense on the activities of the Ministry of Defense; The Secretary General:
- leads, coordinates and controls the circulation of documentation;
- manages the accountability and the control over the preparation of orders and guidance of the Minister of Defense;
- guides the process on the automation of the management of the Ministry of Defense;
- organizes and is responsible for the keeping and managing of the real estate and portable items provided to and used by the Ministry of Defense.
- approves the expenditures necessary for managing the Ministry of Defense;
- develops the draft of the budget of the Ministry of Defense in its part related to the means necessary for the administrative support of the activities of the Ministry of Defense;
- keeps track of legal and appropriate spending of the financial means and materiel provided for the Ministry of Defense;
- prepares an annual report on the status of the administrative activities in the Ministry of Defense, which he presents to the Minister of the State's Administration after the report is approved by the Minister of Defense.
The Minister of Defense's job within the Secretary General is that
- he is responsible for the checking regime and security in the building of the Ministry of Defense;
- he fulfills other tasks as well which are assigned to him by the Minister of Defense
Inspectorate
The Inspectorate to the Ministry of Defense provides the act of fulfilling the control functions on the part of the Minister of Defense in carrying out the state policy in the sphere of defense. The Inspectorate makes examines and makes investigations with respect to:
- observation of the laws and of the orders issued by the Minister of Defense;
- observation of the order and discipline in the troops;
- management and assigning of financial means and materiel;
- personnel management;
- preservation of the natural environment;
- other checks assigned to the inspectorate by the Minister of Defense.
The Inspectorate is directly subordinated to the Minister of Defense and is headed by the Chief Inspector. It additionally studies the suggestions, signals, litigations and requests filed in by physical persons or legal entities to the Minister of Defense and prepares answers to the above-mentioned. The organization of the activities of the inspectorate, the types of the checks as well as the conditions and the order of how to conduct them, are determined by the Minister of Defense.
General Administration
The general Administration of the Ministry of Defense is organized into directorates "Administrative and Financial Service" and "Financial-Economic Activities".
Specialized Administration
The specialized administration of the Ministry of Defense is organized into eleven directorates. The specialized administration assists and provides for the realization of the rights of the Minister of Defense and of the deputy ministers of defense within the framework of the rights delegated to them and the functions they are assigned.
Directorate:
- Defense policy directorate
- Defense planning and programming directorate
- International cooperation directorate
- Budget planning and management directorate
- Personnel policy directorate
- Financial control activities directorate
- Procurement management directorate
- Military infrastructure directorate
- Armaments and equipment policy directorate
- Legal and regulatory affairs (LRA) directorate
- Military Standardization, Quality and Codification Directorate
Officer on Security of Information
The officer on the security of the information is directly subordinated to the Minister of Defense and fulfills the tasks, which are assigned to him by virtue of the Law on the protection of the classified information and by the sub-law acts on the enforcement of the above-mentioned law. In carrying out his functions, the officer on the security of information is assisted by a unit working on the security of the information.
Administrative Structures subordinated to the Ministry of Defense
Military information service
This functions as a
- military information service which is a legal entity supported by the budget - it is a secondary budget credit holder to the Minister of Defense;
- military information service which acquires, processes, analyzes, keeps and provides information in the interest of defense and the national security of the Republic of Bulgaria;
this organizational structure of the service is approved by the Minister of Defense and its activities are defined by Regulations approved by the council of ministers.
Security - military police and military counterintelligence service
Its functions are as follows The basic tasks of "Security - military police and military counterintelligence" service is to maintain the order and security in the Ministry of Defense and in the Bulgarian army. Parallel to that it fulfills the following functions:
- it provides for the protection of the Ministry of Defense and the Bulgarian army from activities of foreign special services, organizations and persons directed against the security of the Ministry of Defense and the Bulgarian army;
- carries out activities aimed at maintaining the order in the Ministry of Defense and in the Bulgarian army for the prevention, revealing and investigation of crimes committed in the Ministry of Defense and in the Bulgarian army with view to finding out the perpetrators;
provides guarding and security of activities, sites and persons in the Ministry of Defense and in the Bulgarian army;
- provides for the control over the observation of the rules for movement on the roads by the drivers of transport vehicles and organized groups of servicemen;
- conducts activities pertaining to collecting, processing, storage, analyzing, using and providing information related to the maintenance of order and security in the Ministry of Defense and in the Bulgarian army.
The structure of the "Security - military police and military counterintelligence" service is build on territorial principle in accordance with the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Bulgaria and with the existing organizational and position structure of the Bulgarian army.
List of ministers
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministers of Army (1879–1912) | |||||
| 1 | Pyotr Parensov (1843–1914) |  | 17 July 1879 | 3 April 1880 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 2 | Pavel Plehve (1850–1916) |  | 3 April 1880 | 15 April 1880 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 3 | Alexander Timler (1835–?) |  | 15 April 1880 | 17 April 1880 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 4 | Johann Casimir Ehrnrooth (1833–1913) |  | 17 April 1880 | 13 July 1881 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 5 | Vladimir Krylov (1830–1888) | | 13 July 1881 | 24 April 1882 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 6 | Ivan Lesovoy (1835–?) | | 24 April 1882 | 3 July 1882 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 7 | Alexander Kaulbars (1844–1925) |  | 3 July 1882 | 19 September 1883 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 8 | Aleksandr Roediger (1853–1920) |  | 19 September 1883 | 26 October 1883 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 9 | Viktor Kotelnikov (?–?) | | 26 October 1883 | 10 February 1884 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 10 | Mikhail Cantacuzène (1840–1891) | | 10 February 1884 | 7 March 1885 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 11 | Ivan Weymarn (1840–1891) | | 7 March 1885 | 22 April 1885 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| (10) | Mikhail Cantacuzène (1840–1891) (2nd time) | | 22 April 1885 | 22 September 1885 | Russian Armed Forces (Imperial Russian Army) |
| 12 | Konstantin Nikiforov (1856–1891) |  | 22 September 1885 | 24 August 1886 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 13 | Olimpiy Panov (1852–1887) |  | 24 August 1886 | 28 August 1886 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 14 | Danail Nikolaev (1852–1942) |  | 28 August 1886 | 10 July 1887 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 15 | Racho Petrov (1861–1942) |  | 10 July 1887 | 1 September 1887 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 16 | Sava Mutkurov (1852–1891) |  | 1 September 1887 | 16 February 1891 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 17 | Mihail Savov (1857–1928) |  | 16 February 1891 | 27 April 1894 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| (15) | Racho Petrov (1861–1942) (2nd time) | | 27 April 1894 | 29 November 1896 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 18 | Nikola Ivanov (1861–1940) |  | 29 November 1896 | 30 January 1899 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 19 | Stefan Paprikov (1858–1920) |  | 30 January 1899 | 31 March 1903 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| (17) | Mihail Savov (1857–1928) (2nd time) | | 31 March 1903 | 4 May 1907 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| (14) | Danail Nikolaev (1852–1942) (2nd time) | | 4 May 1907 | 29 March 1911 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 20 | Nikifor Nikiforov (1858–1935) |  | 29 March 1911 | 14 January 1912 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| Ministers of War (1912–1947) | |||||
| 20 | Nikifor Nikiforov (1858–1935) | | 14 January 1912 | 14 June 1913 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 21 | Stiliyan Kovachev (1860–1939) |  | 14 June 1913 | 11 July 1913 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 22 | Georgi Vazov (1860–1934) |  | 11 July 1913 | 4 September 1913 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 23 | Kliment Boyadzhiev (1861–1933) |  | 4 September 1913 | 14 September 1914 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 24 | Ivan Fichev (1860–1931) |  | 14 September 1914 | 19 August 1915 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 25 | Nikola Zhekov (1864–1949) |  | 19 August 1915 | 4 October 1915 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 26 | Kalin Naidenov (1865–1925) | | 4 October 1915 | 21 June 1918 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 27 | Sava Savov (1865–1945) | .jpg) | 21 June 1918 | 28 November 1918 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 28 | Andrey Lyapchev (1866–1933) |  | 28 November 1918 | 7 May 1919 | Democratic Party |
| 29 | Mihail Madzharov (1854–1944) |  | 7 May 1919 | 6 October 1919 | People's Party |
| 30 | Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879–1923) |  | 6 October 1919 | 24 June 1921 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 31 | Aleksandar Dimitrov (1878–1921) |  | 24 June 1921 | 22 October 1921 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| (30) | Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879–1923) (2nd time) | | 22 October 1921 | 9 November 1921 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 32 | Konstantin Tomov (1888–1935) | | 9 November 1921 | 9 February 1923 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| (30) | Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879–1923) (3rd time) | | 9 February 1923 | 12 March 1923 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 33 | Konstantin Muraviev (1893–1965) |  | 9 February 1923 | 9 June 1923 | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union |
| 34 | Aleksandar Tsankov (1879–1959) |  | 9 June 1923 | 10 June 1923 | Democratic Alliance |
| 35 | Ivan Valkov (1875–1962) |  | 10 June 1923 | 11 January 1929 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 36 | Nikola Bakardzhiev (1881–1954) |  | 11 January 1929 | 31 January 1931 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 37 | Aleksandar Kiselyov (1879–1964) | | 31 January 1931 | 9 May 1934 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 38 | Anastas Vatev (1881–1967) | | 9 May 1934 | 19 May 1934 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 39 | Pencho Zlatev (1881–1948) | | 19 May 1934 | 21 April 1935 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 40 | Stefan Tsanev (1881–1944) | | 21 April 1935 | 23 November 1935 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 41 | Hristo Lukov (1888–1943) |  | 23 November 1935 | 24 January 1938 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 42 | Teodosi Daskalov (1888–1945) | | 24 January 1938 | 11 April 1942 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 43 | Nikola Mikhov (1891–1945) | .jpeg) | 11 April 1942 | 14 September 1943 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 44 | Rusi Rusev (1887–1945) | | 14 September 1943 | 2 September 1944 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 45 | Ivan Marinov (1896–1979) | | 2 September 1944 | 9 September 1944 | Bulgarian Armed Forces (Bulgarian Land Forces) |
| 46 | Damyan Velchev (1883–1954) | | 9 September 1944 | 25 September 1946 | Zveno |
| 47 | Kimon Georgiev (1882–1969) |  | 25 September 1946 | 22 November 1946 | Zveno |
| 48 | Georgi Damyanov (1892–1958) | | 22 November 1946 | 11 December 1947 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| Ministers of People's Defence (1947–1990) | |||||
| 48 | Georgi Damyanov (1892–1958) | | 11 December 1947 | 27 May 1950 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 49 | Petar Panchevski (1902–1982) | | 27 May 1950 | 9 June 1958 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 50 | Ivan Mihailov (1897–1982) | | 9 June 1958 | 17 March 1962 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 51 | Dobri Dzhurov (1916–2002) |  | 17 March 1962 | 22 November 1990 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
| 52 | Yordan Mutafchiev (1940– ) | | 22 November 1990 | 20 December 1990 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| Ministers of Defence (1990–Present) | |||||
| 52 | Yordan Mutafchiev (1940– ) | | 20 December 1990 | 8 November 1991 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 53 | Dimitar Ludzhev (1950– ) | | 8 November 1991 | 20 May 1992 | Union of Democratic Forces |
| 54 | Aleksandar Staliyski (1925–2004) | | 20 May 1992 | 30 December 1992 | Democratic Party |
| 55 | Valentin Aleksandrov (1946–2008) | | 30 December 1992 | 17 October 1994 | Non-party |
| 56 | Boyko Noev (1964– ) | | 17 October 1994 | 26 January 1995 | Non-party |
| 57 | Dimitar Pavlov (1937– ) | | 26 January 1995 | 12 February 1997 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 58 | Georgi Ananiev (1950– ) |  | 12 February 1997 | 21 December 1999 | Union of Democratic Forces |
| (56) | Boyko Noev (1964– ) (2nd time) | | 21 December 1999 | 24 July 2001 | Union of Democratic Forces |
| 59 | Nikolai Svinarov (1958– ) | | 24 July 2001 | 17 August 2005 | National Movement Simeon II |
| 60 | Veselin Bliznakov (1944– ) |  | 17 August 2005 | 24 April 2008 | National Movement Simeon II |
| 61 | Nikolai Tsonev (1956– ) | | 24 April 2008 | 27 July 2009 | National Movement for Stability and Progress |
| 62 | Nikolay Mladenov (1972– ) |  | 27 July 2009 | 27 January 2010 | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria |
| 63 | Anyu Angelov (1942– ) |  | 27 January 2010 | 13 March 2013 | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria |
| 64 | Todor Tagarev (1960– ) |  | 13 March 2013 | 29 May 2013 | Non-party |
| 65 | Angel Naydenov (1958– ) | | 29 May 2013 | 6 August 2014 | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| 66 | Velizar Shalamanov (1961– ) | | 6 August 2014 | 7 November 2014 | Non-party |
| 67 | Nikolay Nenchev (1966–2016 ) | | 7 November 2014 | Incumbent | Reformist Bloc |
External links
- Official website (Bulgarian) (English)