Office of the General Prosecutor of Bulgaria

Prosecutor General of Bulgaria (Прокуратура на Република България)
Agency overview
Formed 7 February 1992
Jurisdiction Constitution of Bulgaria
Headquarters 1061 Sofia, Vitosha Blvd. №2, room 79
Agency executive
Website www.prb.bg/bg/
Prosecutor General of Bulgaria
Главен прокурор на Република България
Incumbent
Sotir Tsatsarov
since 20 December 2012
Appointer President of Bulgaria
with Supreme Judicial Council consent
Term length Seven years
Constituting instrument Constitution Article 129
Inaugural holder Aleksandar Malinov (originally)
Ivan Tatarchev (post-communism)
Formation 25 May 1880 (originally)
7 February 1992 (post-communism)
Deputy Deputy
Website www.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. 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 1947 10 February 1953
Dimitar Zapryanov (2)10 February 1953 10 April 1954
Jordan Chobanov9 April 1954 14 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 1999 22 February 2006
Boris Velchev23 February 20062 November 2012
Boiko Naidenov6 November 20129 January 2013
Sotir Tsatsarov9 January 2013

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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