Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bulgaria
Mинистерство на вътрешните работи
Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti

Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Sofia
Agency overview
Formed1879
JurisdictionGovernment of Bulgaria
Agency executive
Websitewww.mvr.bg/en

The Ministry of Interior (Bulgarian: Mинистерство на вътрешните работи, romanizedMinisterstvo na vatreshnite raboti, abbreviated МВР, MVR) of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with the national security and the upholding of law and order in the country.

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.

As of September 2023 the Minister of Interior is Atanas Ilkov.[1]

  1. ^ "MVR :: Minister". mvr.bg. Retrieved 5 September 2023.