Prosecutor General of Bulgaria (Прокуратура на Република България)
Agency overview
Formed7 February 1992
JurisdictionConstitution of Bulgaria
Headquarters1061 Sofia, 2 Vitosha Blvd.
Agency executive
Websitewww.prb.bg/bg/
Prosecutor General of Bulgaria
Главен прокурор на Република България
Incumbent
Borislav Sarafov (acting)
since 16 June 2023
AppointerPresident of Bulgaria
on the advice of the Supreme Judicial Council
Term lengthSeven years
Constituting instrumentArticle 129 of the Constitution
Inaugural holderAleksandar Malinov (originally)
Ivan Tatarchev (modern-day constitution)
Formation25 May 1880 (originally)
7 February 1992 (post-communism)
Websitewww.prb.bg/bg/

The General Prosecutor of the Republic of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Главен прокурор на Република България) heads the system of courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor of the Republic of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Прокуратура на Република България). The Prosecutor General can be appointed for a term of seven years and removed by the President of Bulgaria on recommendation from the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The President's appointment is only formal, and the decision to appoint or dismiss the General Prosecutor is made by the council. Upon appointment, the General Prosecutor becomes an ex officio member of the SJC. Candidates can only hold the position for one term.[1]

List of General Prosecutors

The following is a list of Prosecutor Generals of Bulgaria since the Bulgarian People's Republic up until the present.[2]

General Prosecutor From Until
Dimitar Zapryanov (1)18 December 194710 February 1953
Dimitar Zapryanov (2)10 February 195310 April 1954
Jordan Chobanov9 April 195414 March 1959
Mincho Minchev14 March 19598 November 1962
Ivan Vachkov (1)25 December 196214 December 1967
Ivan Vachkov (2)14 December 19678 July 1971
Ivan Vachkov (3)8 July 197116 June 1976
Ivan Vachkov (4)16 June 197612 June 1981
Kostadin Lyutov17 June 19813 May 1987
Vasil Mrachkov18 August 198714 December 1989
Evtim Stoimenov14 December 19896 November 1990
Martin Gunev1 November 199019 February 1992
Ivan Tatarchev17 February 199221 February 1999
Nikola Filchev16 February 199922 February 2006
Boris Velchev23 February 20062 November 2012
Boiko Naidenov6 November 20129 January 2013
Sotir Tsatsarov9 January 201316 December 2019
Ivan Geshev18 December 201915 June 2023
Borislav Sarafov (acting)16 June 2023Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ Statute. Prosecutor's Office of Bulgaria. Published March 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ Главни прокурори на Република България (in Bulgarian). Prosecutor's Office of Bulgaria. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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