Petar Georgiev Petrov
Positions
Birth Date: 08/04/1982 Bulgaria
| National Assembly: | Elected with: | Participation in Parliamentary Groups: | Profession: | Languages: | Constituency: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 National Assembly | "COALITION WE CONTINUE THE CHANGE - DEMOCRATIC BULGARIA" 24.56% | Parliamentary group "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" | 24-СОФИЯ |
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.
Other
- Resigns as an MP and is named deputy chairman of the State Agency for National Security the same day. The Council of Ministers named Petar Petrov, an MP of PP-DB, and Deno Denev deputy chairmen of the State Agency for National Security (DANS), replacing the dismissed Stanislav Stanchev and Rumen Georgiev. In its announcement the government says that Petrov has long professional experience in the security services, worked in the Interior Ministry system and held senior posts in DANS. Sega writes that his resignation was inserted surprisingly into the agenda at the start of the plenary sitting and that the deputies voted to terminate his mandate without debate. — Council of Ministers, 28 Jul 2023, Sega, 28 Jul 2023
- Borisov names Petrov as PP-DB's nominee to head DANS. The GERB leader Boyko Borisov announced that the MP Petar Petrov is the PP-DB nomination for chairman of DANS, BNR reports according to Iskra.bg. The formation had not confirmed the information. — Iskra.bg, 23 Jun 2023
- Dismissed early as deputy chairman of DANS on 11 April 2024. RFE/RL Bulgaria reports that the caretaker cabinet of Dimitar Glavchev dismissed him early at its first regular sitting, on the proposal of the DANS chairman Plamen Tonchev. The outlet sets it against two other dismissals from the cabinet's first day: the customs director Petya Bankova, accused of smuggling, and the MVR chief secretary Zhivko Kotsev. — RFE/RL Bulgaria, 11 Apr 2024
Source: profile at parliament.bg (23.10.2026). Photo: parliament.bg.
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