Bio:

Name:

Angel Aleksandrov Antonov

Date of Birth:

29.09.1960

Place of Birth

Sofia

Address:

Floor 2, 4 Ilinden district, Sofia, Bulgaria

Telephone:

+359 88 843 33 13, +7 921 401 96 69

Education:

1983 - 1987

Master of Economy, University of National and World Economy — Sofia, Bulgaria

1993

Professional Retraining Program, Ministry of the Interior Academy — Sofia, Bulgaria

2000

“International Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs”, Higher School of Foreign Economic Affairs and International Law, University of National and World Economy — Sofia, Bulgaria

2006 - 2010

PhD Program, University of National and World Economy — Sofia, Bulgaria

2010

PhD 05.02.18 Economics and Management (defence and security), University of National and World Economy — Sofia, Bulgaria

Thesis: “Practices of Illegal Financing in the Modern Market Economy (Essence - Mechanism - Counteraction)”

Career:

1981 - 1983

Financial and Electrical parts Sourcing Manager

Company of Maintenance and Construction of Montana, Bulgaria

1987 - 1992

Expert

University of National and World Economy – Sofia, Bulgaria

1992 - 1997

Economic Crime Unit

First District Police Department — Sofia, Bulgaria

1997 - 1998

Chief Inspector and Expert

General Directorate Combating Organised Crime

Ministry of the Interior — Sofia, Bulgaria

1998 - 2005

Head of Department

“Financial and Credit Systems and Money-Laundering”

General Directorate Combating Organised Crime

Ministry of the Interior — Sofia, Bulgaria

2005 - 2006

Head Of “Security” Directorate

State Insurance Institute – DZI Plc — Sofia, Bulgaria

2007 - 2008

Head Of “Security” Directorate

DZI Plc — Sofia, Bulgaria

2008 - 2009

Director of Administrative and Economic Activity and Head Of “Security” Directorate

DZI Plc — Sofia, Bulgaria

2009 - 2010

Deputy Director

General Directorate Criminal Police

Ministry of the Interior — Sofia, Bulgaria

2010 - 2011

Director

General Directorate Criminal Police

Ministry of the Interior — Sofia, Bulgaria

2011 - 2014

Director

General Directorate National Police

Ministry of the Interior — Sofia, Bulgaria

2014 - 2018

Director

National Protection Service — Sofia, Bulgaria

2018 - до днес

Head of the Bulgarian Consulate — St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

2013 - до днес

Part-time lecturer

Faculty of National and Regional security

University of National and World Economy — Sofia, Bulgaria.

Other:

Russian and English /proficient/

International involvement:

1998

Workshop on Economic Crime, organised by the Interpol Council — Vienna, Austria

1999

Working meeting of the Group of Cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe on “Insurance fraud in relation to Vehicle Trafficking and Money Laundering” — Munich, Germany

International Seminar on Money Laundering, Organised by the Bundeskriminalamt — Weisbaden, Germany

11th International Interpol symposium on Fraud — Lyon, France

Interpol seminar on “Illegal extraction of credit card data, forgery and exploits” — Lyon, France

International seminar on “Securities and Stock Exchanges”, Organised by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission — Borovets, Bulgaria

2000

Study module “Financial Crime and Money Laundering”, Organised by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training — Italy

2001-2002

Seminar on “Developing Effective Strategies for Combating Money Laundering and Other Financial Crimes”, Organised by the American Bar Association and the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative of the United States Department of Justice

2002-2004

Working group seminars on combating crime in the financial-credit system.

Participation Rulemaking and Evaluation Activity

Participated in the development of the 1998 Law on Measures Against Money Laundering (LMML) and its Rules of Implementation

Participated in the development of the Instruction of MoI and MoF collaboration in accordance with the LMML

Participated in the evaluation of a number of laws and regulations related to the financial and credit system of Bulgaria