Alexander Iliev Yolovski
Positions
Minister of e-Government in the cabinet of Nikolay Denkov from 6 June 2023 to 9 April 2024 (resignation accepted on 6 March 2024; the cabinet stayed in office until the caretaker government was appointed): Decision of the 49th National Assembly of 06.06.2023 (State Gazette No. 50/2023); Decision accepting the Prime Minister's resignation of 06.03.2024, State Gazette No. 20/2024; Decree No. 101 of 09.04.2024, State Gazette No. 32/2024.
Public record
Compiled from publications and official records as of 23.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.
Corruption and scandals
- Claim that he and his children were threatened over procurement. He said that Kiril Petkov and Bozhidar Bozhanov of PP had threatened him, including his children, and that he had been pressured over public procurement worth hundreds of millions; he was given a bodyguard. The investigation was opened on a tip-off from ITN. Bozhanov and Petkov deny it. — Sega, 14 Apr 2024
- Case against Petkov and Bozhanov terminated on 28 Apr 2026. The prosecution charged Petkov with attempted coercion of the minister and Bozhanov with breach of duty over a public procurement of nearly 18 m leva. Sofia City Court terminated the case and returned the indictment to the prosecution because of numerous violations in it. The ruling is not final. — Mediapool, 28 Apr 2026
Sources: the National Assembly decisions of 06.06.2023 and 06.03.2024, the State Gazette; biography and photo: gov.bg (archived, in Bulgarian) (23.10.2026).
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