site.btaMladen Marinov Is Top-of-the-List Candidate of GERB-UDF for Sofia Region 26th Constituency

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Mladen Marinov is the top-of-the-list candidate of GERB-UDF for Sofia Region's 26th multi-member constituency, according to a decision on the website of the Constituency Election Commission.

Marinov was born in 1973, a check of the political formation's website shows. In 2004 he completed the first stage of training at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Budapest, and in 2006 he completed the second stage in the United States. He graduated in law from South-West University Neofit Rilski in Blagoevgrad and obtained a master's degree from the Academy of the Ministry of the Interior. He has worked at the Ministry of the Interior since 1991. From June 2013 he was deputy director of the Sofia Directorate of Internal Affairs, and a year later became its director. By decree of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria dated 9 May 2017, he was appointed Chief Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior. On 20 September 2018 he was elected Minister of the Interior and served until the summer of 2020. He is also a member of the 51st National Assembly. Marinov speaks English.