Nikolay Avramov Svinarov () (born 6 May 1958) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n politician who served as the

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

in the Sakskoburggotski cabinet between 2001 and 2005.

Life

Born in Shoumen, Svinarov completed his legal studies at

Sofia University Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria. Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...

in 1982 and subsequently worked as an attorney. He was a member of the 39th and 40th

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s. On 24 July 2001, Svinarov assumed his duties as Minister of Defense in the

Sakskoburggotski government The eighty-eighth cabinet of Bulgaria, also known as the Sakskoburggotski Government and informally as the Tsar's cabinet, ruled from July 24, 2001 to August 16, 2005. Although the National Movement Simeon II won half the National Assembly seats i ...

and fulfilled his full mandate, stepping down on 17 August 2005. Between 5 December 2007 and 25 June 2009, he held the position of chairman of the parliamentary group of Bulgarian New Democracy (Bulgarian: Българска нова демокрация).

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20th-century Bulgarian lawyers 1958 births Living people People from Shumen Government ministers of Bulgaria Sofia University alumni {{Bulgaria-bio-stub