{"id":557,"date":"2020-02-03T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T12:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/?page_id=557"},"modified":"2024-12-02T23:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:46:29","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/?page_id=557","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web_crop2_4_tr-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\" style=\"width:137px;height:177px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web_crop2_4_tr-1.jpg 548w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web_crop2_4_tr-1-326x420.jpg 326w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web_crop2_4_tr-1-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nikolay Krushkov<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nikolay Krushkov is a Bulgarian security professional, academic, and thought leader in the counterterrorism and law enforcement fields. A       retired Senior Commissioner from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvr.bg\/en\/\">Bulgarian Ministry of Interior<\/a> and Major General in the reserves, Dr. Krushkov is currently an Associate Professor at the Creative Industries and Business Institute of  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwe.bg\/en\/\">University of National and World Economy<\/a> of Bulgaria, lecturer at the Law Faculty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-sofia.bg\/index.php\/eng\">Sofia University<\/a>,  and a Board Member and Chief Security Officer of one of the global multinational corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krushkov started his career in countering organized crime and terrorism       offices, rising through the ranks of the security agencies to become in 2013 the Director of  Coordination, Information and Analysis for the Ministry of Interior. Then served as the Chief of the Minister of Interior\u2019s Political    Cabinet, where he retired in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/?page_id=23\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about1p.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about1p.jpg 720w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about1p-640x356.jpg 640w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about1p-681x378.jpg 681w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about1p-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about1p-696x387.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Review from Mr. Nir Ran, Israel <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/?page_id=615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about2p.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about2p.jpg 720w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about2p-640x356.jpg 640w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about2p-681x378.jpg 681w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about2p-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/about2p-696x387.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Video from Mr. Luca Poggiali, Italy <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He represented Bulgaria in a number of international working groups of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/\">NATO<\/a> including the NATO-Russia Committee, the European Union Committee, Counterterrorism Group, Middle European Countries, Mediterranean Dialogue, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and others in Europe, Africa, North America and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"erdyt-6af8ffb7249fb\" data-id=\"6af8ffb7249fb\" class=\"erd-youtube-responsive erd-ytlazyload\"   style=\"width:100%;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto;display:block;clear:both;position:relative;\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\"><div class=\"erd-ytplay\" id=\"erdytp-6af8ffb7249fb\" data-vid=\"vRI4EibEfLQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vRI4EibEfLQ?rel=0&autoplay=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/vRI4EibEfLQ\/sddefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nikolay Krushkov received his MA degree in Intellectual Property in 1999, PhD in Economics in 2003 and LLM in 2006. He also attended professional schools in Bulgaria, Austria, Estonia, Portugal, Ireland and the United States of America and graduated from the <a href=\"http:\/\/security.wincol.ac.il\/default.aspx?siteid=68&amp;pageid=1800&amp;lang=2\">Homeland Security Academy of Israel.<\/a> Member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipa-international.org\/\">IPA <\/a>since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/720_2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/720_2022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/720_2022-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/720_2022-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/720_2022-681x383.jpg 681w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/720_2022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/720_2022-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Luca Poggiali and Marco Serra presenting the book at the International Exhibition MILITALIA, 23 October 2022, Milan, Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikolay Krushkov is a Bulgarian security professional, academic, and thought leader in the counterterrorism and law enforcement fields. A retired Senior Commissioner from the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior and Major General in the reserves, Dr. Krushkov is currently an Associate Professor at the Creative Industries and Business Institute of the University of National and World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/securityleadershipcreativity.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}