Министерство на отбраната | |
Ministry of Defence building in Sofia | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1879 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Bulgaria |
Headquarters | Dyakon Ignatiy 3, Sofia |
Agency executive |
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Website | www |
The Ministry of Defence (Bulgarian: Министерство на отбраната, Ministerstvo na otbranata) of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with regulating the Bulgarian Armed Forces. The current Minister of Defence is Atanas Zapryanov.
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.