Boyko Rashkov

Bulgarian politician

Бойко РашковMember of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 October 2022Constituency14th MMC - PernikIn office
5 July 2001 – 17 June 2005Constituency13th MMC - PazardzhikMinister of the InteriorIn office
12 May 2021 – 2 August 2022Prime MinisterStefan Yanev
Kiril PetkovPreceded byMladen MarinovSucceeded byIvan DemerdzhievDeputy Prime Minister of BulgariaIn office
12 May 2021 – 13 December 2021
Serving with Galab Donev and Atanas Pekanov
Prime MinisterStefan YanevPreceded byTomislav Donchev
Ekaterina Zakharieva
Krasimir KarakachanovSucceeded byAsen Vasilev
Korneliya Ninova
Grozdan Karadjov Personal detailsBorn (1954-09-28) 28 September 1954 (age 69)
Ognyanovo, PR BulgariaPolitical partyWe Continue the ChangeOther political
affiliationsBSP (2001-2009)Alma materSofia UniversityOccupationattorney • politician

Boyko Iliev Rashkov (Bulgarian: Бойко Илиев Рашков, born 28 September 1954 in Ognyanovo, Garmen Municipality) is a Bulgarian lawyer, state official and politician, deputy to the National Assembly in 2021, Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security. He was Minister of the Interior in the first and second Stefan Yanev government and in the Kiril Petkov government.

Curriculum vitae

In 1979, he graduated in law from the Sofia University. Later, he became a lecturer and associate professor at the University of National and World Economy, in 2016 he took over the department of criminal law. From 1981 to 1992 he was an investigator in the regional investigative service in Sofia, from 1995 to 2001 he headed the State Investigation Service (NSS) at the national level as deputy prosecutor general. In the years 2001–2005, he was a member of the National Assembly of the 39th term from the list of the Coalition for Bulgaria.[1] From January 2008 to May 2009, he was deputy minister of justice, and returned to work at the NSS as department director. From 2013 to 2018, he was the director of the state office responsible for controlling the use of special measures in investigations (NBKSRS).[2][3]

In May 2021, he was appointed to the offices of the deputy prime minister for public order and security and the minister of internal affairs in the transitional administration of Stefan Yanev.[4] He remained in these positions in the second technical government of the same prime minister, created in September 2021.[5] In December 2021, he left the position of deputy prime minister. In the government that was established at that time, Kiril Petkov maintained the position of Minister of the Interior (on the recommendation of the group We Continue the Change).[6]

References

  1. ^ "Parliament.bg". Parliament.bg. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "Бойко Рашков - председател на Националното бюро за контрол на СРС | Правен свят". Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Бойко Илиев Рашков. "Председател". Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Държавният глава назначава служебно правителство от 12 май т.г". President.bg. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Държавният глава назначава служебно правителство от 16 септември т.г". President.bg. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  6. ^ София (December 13, 2021). "Служебното правителство предаде властта на министрите от кабинета "Петков" - България". DarikNews.bg. Retrieved December 26, 2021.