The Ministry of Internal Affairs celebrates 146 years since its establishment. The solemn ceremony will begin at 9:00 in front of the Monument to the Unknown Soldier with the blessing of the flags and the laying of wreaths, the department announced. Vice President Iliana Yotova will also be present, the press service of the president announced.
At 10:30 in front of the memorial to the police officers who died in the line of duty, the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will lay flowers and wreaths.
The holiday is celebrated by a Decision of the Council of Ministers of February 28, 1992. In 1879, Decree 1 was issued by Prince Alexander the First, which established the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on the basis of Art. 161 of the Tarnovo Constitution. By the same decree, the first government of the Principality of Bulgaria was appointed with Todor Burmov as Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs and Head of the Ministry of Public Education.