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Tsvetan Tsvetanov
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Tsvetan Genchev Tsvetanov (Цветан Генчев Цветанов; born 8 April 1965) is a Bulgarian politician and former government official. He served as the chairman of the GERB party until 2009. On 8 July 2009, following his party's victory in the 2009 parliamentary election, he was designated by de facto party leader Boyko Borisov as the future Minister of the Interior.
Tsvetanov's tenure as Minister of the Interior was marked by controversy. He eventually distanced himself from Borisov after facing pressure to resign from his leadership roles within the party. This was about his involvement in a real estate corruption scandal. As a result, Tsvetanov chose to leave the party and established his political party called Republicans for Bulgaria, alongside other former GERB members who had defected.
Tsvetanov, born in Sofia, holds a degree from the National Sports Academy and a post-graduate degree in Law from the University of National and World Economy. He has also pursued specialized training, including courses on counteracting global terrorism and preventing illegal automobile trafficking at the headquarters of the National Police Corp in Madrid, Spain, as well as a management course at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell, New Mexico. Additionally, he completed an introductory course at ILEA Budapest, Hungary, and law enforcement courses at the American FBI and Department of Homeland Security.
From 2001 to 2005, Tsvetanov served as operative assistant to Boyko Borisov, who was Chief Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior at the time. During this period, Tsvetanov also held the position of director of the ministry's management department. He remained an official at the Ministry of the Interior until 2005, when he left alongside Borisov, who faced accusations of collaborating with Organized crime while in that role. Following the establishment of GERB in 2006, Tsvetanov assumed the role of party chairman until 2009. As Borisov was unable to head GERB due to his position as the mayor of Sofia, Tsvetanov was seen as his closest associate.
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