Tsvetlin Yovchev | |
Office: | Head of National Security State Agency |
Primeminister: | Boyko Borisov |
Term Start: | 10 August 2009 |
Term End: | 25 February 2011 |
Office1: | Minister of Interior |
Primeminister2: | Plamen Oresharski |
Term Start2: | 29 May 2013 |
Term End2: | 6 August 2014 |
Birth Date: | 7 May 1964 |
Birth Place: | Pleven, Bulgaria |
Tsvetlin Yovchev (Bulgarian: Цветлин Йовчев) is a Bulgarian politician, who served in the security sector as a head of the DANS National Security State Agency in the Borisov Government and as a Minister of Interior in the Oresharski Government.[1] He was also chief of cabinet of former president Rosen Plevneliev.[2]
Yovchev holds a Master's in economics from Sofia University. He is married and has one child. Yovchev speaks Russian and English in addition to his native Bulgarian.[3]