MURAT PINGOV

Deputy Grand Mufti

E-mail:  m.pingov@grandmufti.bg

In 2002 he completed his secondary education in the town of Bozyazı, Mersin province in the Republic of Turkey.

In 2006 he completed his higher education in the “Uludağ” University in the city of Bursa in Turkey.

He was elected as a Regional Mufti of Sofia in 2011.

Since 2012  he is a Deputy Grand Mufti.

He is married and has two children.

BEYHAN MEHMED

Deputy Grand Mufti

E-mail:  beyhanm_m@hotmail.com

Beyhan Mustafa Mehmed was born in 1981 in the town of Omurtag, Targovishte region. He completed his primary education in his native village of Obitel, then enrolled and graduated from the Secondary Theological School in Ruse in 1999. Then he entered the Higher Islamic Institute in Sofia, where he studied for one year and in 2000 was admitted to the Theological Faculty of Seljuk University in Konya, from where he graduated in 2004.

In the period 2004-2005 he was a Lecturer in the Imams Course in the village of Ustina.

In the period 2005-2006 he was a Lecturer and Educator in the Religious School in Momchilgrad.

From 2006-2010 he was an Imam in the historical Tombul Mosque, an educator in the "Nyuvvab" Theological School, a preacher of the Shumen Regional State University and for 6 months a lecturer in the Theological School.

From February 2010 to March 2021, he was the Regional Mufti of the city of Kardzhali.

He obtained his master's degree in 2010 from Shumen University, Department of Educational Management. He is continuing his doctoral studies at Istanbul University.

He has written articles in the Muslim Journal, published books "Rahmet Esintileri", "Religious Songs in Three Languages", "Cultural Project 4 Types of Mevlid - Written in Bulgaria"

In 2020, during the month of Ramadan, he implemented the project "Ramadan School - Ramadan Okulu" on the YouTube channel of the Confession. He is a member of the "Commission for the Preparation of Books on Religion Islam for Public Schools".

Married, with one child.