Constitutional Court of Bulgaria

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The Constitutional Court of Bulgaria is in charge of reviewing the constitutionality of laws and statutes brought before it, as well as the compliance of these laws with international treaties that the Government has signed. The 12 members of the Constitutional Court serve a nine-year term. Parliament elects 1/3 of them. President elects 1/3.

List of chairmen

Name	Term
Asen Manov	3 October 1991 – 18 October 1994
Asen Manov	18 October 1994 – 14 October 1997
Zhivko Stalev	14 October 1997 – 19 October 2000
Hristo Danov	19 October 2000 – 17 February 2003
Rumen Yankov	28 February 2003 – 28 October 2003
Nedelcho Beronov	28 October 2003 – 3 October 2006
Rumen Yankov	8 November 2006 – 9 October 2009
Evgeni Tanchev	16 November 2009 —

External links

Official website

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Constitutional Court of Bulgaria

List of chairmen

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