Deputy Commandant for Education and Science

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Date of Birth: 6 February 1973
Place of Birth: Yambol, Republic of Bulgaria

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Education

• 2024 –  Rakovski National Defence College, Sofia
  Scientific Degree: Doctor of Science
  Scientific Field 9: Security and Defence, Professional Field 9.1: National Security
• 2010 –  Rakovski National Defence College, Sofia
  Educational and Scientific Degree: Doctor
  Specialization: Organization and Management of the Armed Forces, Professional Field 9.2: Military Affairs
• 2009 –  Rakovski National Defence College, Sofia
  Master’s Programme: Organization and Management of Operational and Tactical Formations of the Land Forces
• 1997 – Higher Air Defence Artillery Military School “P. Volov”, Shumen
  Degree: Master’s
  Military Specialty: Radar Troops Officer – Military Engineer in Radar Systems
  Civilian Specialty: Radio Engineer
• 1991 – High School of Mathematics “Vasil Levski”, Yambol

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Specialized Courses and Additional Qualifications

• 2020 – Research and Internship Programme
  Conducting research and administering processes in the field of counter-terrorism in NATO
  NATO Centre of Excellence – Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT), Ankara, Republic of Türkiye
• 2020 – Strategic Course
  Command and Management at Strategic Level,  Rakovski National Defence College
• 2015 – Specialized Course
  Counter-Terrorism, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom
• 2014 – Specialized Course
  Legal Foundations of Counter-Terrorism, United States Defense Institute of International Legal Studies, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

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Participation in International and National Scientific Projects

• 2024 – National Scientific Programme Security and DefenceWork Package No. 1.1: Management Systems, Task 1.1.3:
  Analysis and evaluation of counter-terrorism management systems and development of scientifically based recommendations for their improvement
• 2020 – 2023 – International Project Hybridisation of Specialized English Learning for Security Professionals (HELPSec)Funded under the Erasmus+ Programme
  The project was carried out in cooperation with the Portuguese Military Academy and the Swedish Defence University
• 2011 – 2013 – Scientific Research Project funded by the EU Directorate for Security
  Development of tools needed to coordinate inter-sectoral power and transport CIP activities at a situation of multilateral terrorist threat. Increase of the protection capacity of key CIP objects in BulgariaReference Number: HOME/2010/CIPS/AG/019

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Foreign Languages

• English: STANAG 6001 – 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
• Russian: STANAG 6001 – 2 / 2 / 2 / 2

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Military and Academic Career

• Since 2025 – Member of the Working Group for the Review and Update of the National Strategy for Countering Radicalisation and Terrorism
• Since 2023 – Head of the Center for the Study of Extremism and Terrorism
• Since 2022 – Member of the Independent Scientific Evaluation Groupfor NATO’s Science for Peace and Security Programme (NATO SPS ISEG)
• Since 2020 – Chair of the Security and Defence Section of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
• Since 2017 – Author and Head of the Master’s Programme Security and Counteraction to Radicalization and Terrorism
• 2017 – Associate Professor in the Land Forces Department, Rakovski National Defence College
• 2012 – Senior Assistant Professor in the Land Forces Department,  Rakovski National Defence College
• 2011–2012 – Deputy Commander and Instructor for Combat and Logistic Support in the Third Operational Training and Liaison Group – Kabul, Afghanistan
• 2011 – Senior Assistant Professor in the Land Forces Department,  Rakovski National Defence College
• 2010 – Assistant Professor in the Land Forces Department, Rakovski National Defence College
• 2009 – PhD Candidate in the Land Forces Department,  Rakovski National Defence College
• 2009 – Senior Expert in the Operations Department at the Land Forces Command
• 2006 – Chief of Tactical Operations Center, 2nd Bulgarian Contingent in the Temporary Detention and Protection Camp – Ashraf, Iraq
• 2001 – Company Commander, Headquarters Company
• 2000 – Deputy Commander of an Air Defence Missile Battery
• 1997 – Radar Station Commander in a Reconnaissance and Command Battery

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Marital Status

Married