Mинистерство на вътрешните работи | |
Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Sofia |
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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 Plamen Uzunov, 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.