site.btaInterior Minister Kalin Stoyanov

Kalin Stoyanov was born in Burgas (on the Black Sea) on April 28, 1981. Holds Master's Degree in Law from Burgas Free University. Training in combating terrorism, illegal migration, trafficking in human beings, illegal arms trade, counterfeiting, etc.

Police officer at Financial Police Department of Burgas Regional Directorate of Interior (2003-2009). Police officer at Burgas Regional Department for Combating Organized Crime and member of Regional Committee against Trafficking in Human Beings (2009-2011). Police officer at Special Operations Department of General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC) (2011-2016). Chief of Primorsko Police Station (2016-2018). Head of GDCOC Special Operations (2018 - May 2021). Director of GDCOC (May 2021 - June 2023). Interior Minister in Nikolay Denkov cabinet (June 2023-April 2024) and in Dimitar Glavchev caretaker cabinet (April-July 2024).