Zlatan Kirilov Stoykov is a Bulgaria

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n general

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 and the current (44th) Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army, since 1 June 2006.

Lieutenant General

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 Stoykov was born in Tsarvaritsa, Nevestino

Nevestino

Nevestino may refer to several villages in Bulgaria:* Nevestino, Burgas Province* Nevestino, Kardzhali Province* Nevestino, Kyustendil Province - the administrative centre of Nevestino municipality...

 municipality, Kyustendil Province

Kyustendil Province

-Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Language:Mother tongues in the province according to 2001 census:* 153,242 Bulgarian * 7,929 Roma  * 1363 others and unspecified -Ethnic groups:...

 on 17 March 1951. He finished the Technical College of Electrical Industry in Kyustendil

Kyustendil

Kyustendil is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of Kyustendil Province, with a population of 44 416 . Kyustendil is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, 90 km southwest of Sofia...

 and graduated from the Vasil Levski Military All-Army University

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 in Veliko Tarnovo

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. He has also earned degrees from the Rakovski Defence and Staff College

Rakovski Defence and Staff College

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 in Sofia

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 and the General Staff College in Moscow

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, Russia

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. In 1999, Stoykov studied English as a second language at the Defense Language Institute

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 in San Antonio, Texas

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, United States

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