Tsvetan Tsvetanov

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Tsvetan Tsvetanov
Цветан Цветанов
Tsvetanov in 2009
Member of the National Assembly
In office 21 May 2013 – 29 March 2019
Constituency	1st MMC - Blagoevgrad (2013-2014) 4th MMC - Tarnovo (2014-2019)
Minister of Interior
In office 27 July 2009 – 13 March 2013
Prime Minister	Boyko Borisov
Preceded by	Mihail Mikov
Succeeded by	Petya Parvanova
Chairman of GERB
In office 3 December 2006 – 10 January 2010
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Boyko Borisov
Personal details
Born	Tsvetan Genchev Tsvetanov (1965-04-08) 8 April 1965 (age 59) Sofia, PR Bulgaria
Political party	Republicans for Bulgaria (since 2020)
Other political affiliations	GERB (until 2019)
Spouse	Desislava Tsvetanova ​ ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	3
Alma mater	National Sports Academy University of National and World Economy
Occupation	Politician

Tsvetan Genchev Tsvetanov (Bulgarian: Цветан Генчев Цветанов; born 8 April 1965) is a Bulgarian politician and former government official. He served as the chairman of the GERB party until 2009. On 8 July 2009, following his party's victory in the 2009 parliamentary election, he was designated by de facto party leader Boyko Borisov as the future Minister of the Interior.^[1]

Tsvetanov's tenure as Minister of the Interior was marked by controversy. He eventually distanced himself from Borisov after facing pressure to resign from his leadership roles within the party. This was regarding his involvement in a real estate corruption scandal.^[2] As a result, Tsvetanov chose to leave the party and established his political party called Republicans for Bulgaria, alongside other former GERB members who had defected.