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
Formed	1879
Jurisdiction	Government of Bulgaria
Agency executive	Atanas Ilkov, Ind., Minister of Internal Affairs
Website	www.mvr.bg/en

The Ministry of Interior (Bulgarian: Mинистерство на вътрешните работи, romanized: Ministerstvo 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]