Bulgaria's Deputy Chief of Defense Dies Aged 53

Society » OBITUARIES | January 29, 2015, Thursday // 08:30
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Deputy Chief of Defense Dies Aged 53 Photo by Ministry of Defense

Deputy Chief of Defense Neyko Nenov passed away on Wednessday, the Defense Ministry has said.

Maj Gen Nenov was suffering from a brain tumor which was the cause of this death despite undergoing surgery last year.

"During more than 29 years of service, he has commanded units at every echelon, from platoon to brigade, with tours of duty in Romania, Turkey, Afghanistan and Poland," the information about Nenov on the ministry's website reads.

From 2012 to June 2014 Maj Gen Nenov was Commander of the Land Forces.

During the previous year he had been involved in the construction of a 30-km-long fence along the Bulgaria-Turkey border.

In 2006, he became the first senior army official from Bulgaria to head the multinational South-Eastern Europe Brigade in Constanta, Romania.

Between 2008 and 2010, he was Chief of Staff at NATO's Joint Forces Training Center (JFTC) with the Allied Command Transformation located in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

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Tags: Neyko Nenov, BORDER FENCE, Allied Command Transformation, NATO, Joint Forces Training Center, Commander of the Land Forces, Deputy Chief of Defense

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