The Governors and Peevski selected a police officer with a 10-day GDPR course for the head of the Personal Data Commission

Investigative police officer Borislav Bozhinov, who did not have the necessary experience, but did with a certificate for a 10-day GDPR course, which he spoke during his hearing at the line committee a month ago, became chairman of the Personal Data Protection Commission. He was selected with 112 votes in favor of GERB, BSP, « There is such a people », « MRF – New Beginning » and two from the MRF -DPS. (S)According to Dnevnik, these are Vanya Vassileva and Pavlin Naydenov – Bel.a.a..) The members of the committee became Vasilka Rangelova, Ivaylo Stanev, Tsvetana Chervenyakova-Ilieva and Tsvetelin Sofroniev.

The new members of the committee were proposed in early March by the government, and this happened with a day delay. Today, only MPs from Democratic Bulgaria and the Revival participated in the debate room, who have criticized the competence of the candidates and the nomination of Bozhinov, which was identified as shameful and unlawful. The new CPDP chairman did not come to parliament for the vote.

Petar Petrov of Vazrajdane added that the candidate for the chairman of the committee « to collapse from a leaf » is a shame.

« Illegal » choice

He specified that although there is no such requirement in the Bulgarian legislation, there is a European regulation with a full -time internship requirement in the field of personal data. The deputy recalled that the regulations were directly implemented.

Who is

So far, Bozhinov has been the head of a group for investigation of economic crimes in a police station in Sofia, with 18 years of experience in the MoI system.

Georgi Kozhuharov

Georgi Kozhuharov

Georgi Kozhuharov

Georgi Kozhuharov

Vasilka Rangelova It also comes from the MoI systems. Since 2003, she has worked at the Information and Archive Directorate in the Ministry of Interior, but her attached biography does not indicate the position held. In 2002, she worked as a system administrator and trader. She graduated from the Technical University of Sofia with a master’s degree in « databases ». The average success of her training is 3.65. Rangelona also has completed courses – « Protection of information processed by the Ministry of Interior » and « Cryptographic Security ». Rangelova is the candidate proposed by the MRF-DPS, Dnevnik has learned.

Tsvetana Chervenyakova-Ilieva Since 2018, she has been a senior legal advisor in various departments in the Bulgarian National Bank. From 2015 to 2018 he is a chief expert in the Public Procurement Department at the National Social Security Institute. During the first cabinet of Borisov and during the reign of Plamen Oresharski, he worked as an expert at the Ministry of Regional Development. Ilieva graduated from law at Sofia University.

From 2022 until now Ivaylo Stanev He is a chief expert at the Security and Critical Infrastructures Directorate at the State Agency for National Security. Previously, he was the head of the Economic Crime Investigation sector for five years at the Interior Ministry. He has also worked at the National Police Directorate General, the Border Police Directorate General. He holds a degree in Legal Sciences from the University of Veliko Turnovo and the Higher Institute for the Preparation of Officers and Research.

Tsvetelin Sofroniev Since 2023 he has been an expert at the University Hospital for Active Treatment in Oncology « Prof. Ivan Chernozemski ». During the office of Stefan Yanev and the government of Kiril Petkov, he is the deputy governor of Sofia. Previously, he was deputy mayor of the Izgrev region. From April 2014 to November 2019 a member of the CPDP. He had previously worked as a secretary general at the Commission and an expert at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. Sofroniev graduated from law at Sofia University.

Tsvetelin Sofroniev is considered one of the relatives to the BSP minister Ivan Peshev, whose brother Sanko Peshev manages the connections with Delyan Peevski Hotel in Halkidiki. It was acquired with the loan for BGN 115 million from the Bulgarian Development Bank, allocated at the time when Rosen Karadimov heads the bank. Sophroniev has tension around his first nomination as a member of the CPDP in 2014. Then Rumen Petkov defined him as one of the « hawks » appointed by Plamen Oresharski. Petkov also reports that instead of 10 years of legal experience, he has only five – as a legal counsel in the municipality of Svoge.