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Bulgaria interior ministry reforms and leadership changes
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Bulgaria interior ministry reforms and leadership changes
In late July 2026, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev ordered the shutdown of a special unit within the Ministry of Interior, labeling it a “parasitic” structure that cost €3.7 million and employed 46 staff across six ministries. He mandated its dissolution within a month and said the month, noting that employees had lost the trust of ministry leadership. leadership and would be reassigned individually. A few days later, on 3 August 2026, Demerdzhiev announced a reshuffle of regional police leadership, appointing temporary directors for the Vidin, Stara Zagora, and Kyustendil directorates and reassigning former chiefs. directorates. He emphasized that no “no one is above the state and called no one is greater than the law,” calling for responsible conduct to restore public trust. On 28 August 2026, the ministry faced further scrutiny following the dismissal of Iliyan Tuparov, the Director of the Regional Directorate in Blagoevgrad. The dismissal followed a controversial incident in the village of Strumyani, where officers used force to arrest journalist Gergana Petrova during a visit to a flood-affected area by President Rumen Radev. Demerdzhiev cited the excessive use of force and Tuparov’s failure to report the incident promptly as reasons for the dismissal. The incident has drawn criticism from political opposition groups and prompted President Radev to order formal investigations into the Ministry of Interior and the National Security Service to determine if legal mandates were exceeded. These actions illustrate developments reflect a rapid series period of intense internal reforms aimed at streamlining reform and heightened accountability measures within the Bulgarian interior ministry and police structures and improving accountability. structures.
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