Bulgaria's former State Administration Minister and ex-mayor of Russe Municipality, Dimitar Kalchev, passed away on Saturday after a long illness.

Kalchev, 62, died while going through medical treatment in Sofia's Governmental Hospital.

The mourning service will be held on Tuesday in Saint Nedelya Church in the capital city.

Kalchev is to be buried in his hometown of Russe on the next day.
The deceased took the post of the minister of State Administration in the government of the former monarch Simeon Saxe-Coburg in the period 2001-2005.

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