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A new Chief of Defense HQs will be appointed by the Bulgarian Government, according to official statement made by the Bulgarian Minister of Defense Ret. Gen. Stefan Yanev at a press-conference held on 1st March 2017. The new Chief of Defense HQs will be Major General Andrei Botzev, presently Commander-in-chief
of Bulgarian Land Forces. He will replace on this position Vice Admiral Emil Eftimov who was appointed on temporary basis after the previous Chief of Defense HQs Gen. Konstantin Popov resigned from office in early January 2017.