Anya Angelov ( Bulgarian. Anyu Angelov ; born December 22, 1942 , Haskovo , Bulgaria ) is a Bulgarian politician. Former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Bulgaria (2010-2013). Member of the center-right government Boyko Borisova .
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| The president | Georgy Parvanov Rosen Plevneliev | ||||||
| Predecessor | Nikolay Mladenov | ||||||
| Successor | Todor Tagarev | ||||||
| Birth | December 22, 1942 (76 years old) Haskovo , Bulgaria | ||||||
| The consignment | EMBLEM | ||||||
| Education | Higher Military Artillery School named after G. Dimitrov Military Academy named after G. S. Rakovsky NATO Defense College | ||||||
| Profession | electronics engineer | ||||||
| Activities | military, politician | ||||||
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Biography
He graduated from the Higher Military Artillery School named after Georgy Dimitrov with a degree in radio electronics. After that - the Military Academy named after G. S. Rakovsky , specializing in strategic command and control of the armed forces and specializing in military schools in Moscow during the time of Yu. V. Andropov (1982-1984). In the 2000s, he graduated from the NATO Defense College in Rome.
1990 - appointed commander of the air defense of the land forces of communist Bulgaria , and already in 1992 - deputy commander of the land forces of Bulgaria, freed from Moscow guardianship.
1994-1997 - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army, after which he was appointed military attache at the Bulgarian Embassy in Great Britain. 2000-2002 - Head of the Rakovsky Military Academy.
During the reign of the red governments of the two thousandths, he joined the center-right - the GERB party. Thanks to this, he made a rapid political career - from Deputy Minister of Defense to Minister of Defense of Bulgaria (dated January 27, 2010). In this post, he replaced the Minister of Civil Affairs Nikolai Mladenov , who headed the Foreign Ministry in the government of Boyko Borisov.
In 2011, I faced the problem of pension provision for military personnel, with 2,500 thousand officers being reduced, and the retirement age of military personnel was increased by an average of two years, and the retirement age for army generals and admirals was increased to 62 years.
The Minister pays considerable attention to rejuvenating the composition of the Bulgarian Air Force , the bulk of which have 15 or more years of experience. Also in 2011, the Ministry of Defense announced a tender for the purchase of eight new multi-functional fighters . Priority - companies in the USA, Sweden (JAS-39 Gripen), Germany and France.
The military prosecutor’s office intensified its work and revised the agreements of the Ministry of Defense in previous years. After the resignation in February 2013 - adviser Boyko Borisov.