Office of the General Prosecutor of Bulgaria

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 1947 10 February 1953
Dimitar Zapryanov (2) 10 February 1953 10 April 1954
Jordan Chobanov 9 April 1954 14 March 1959
Mincho Minchev 14 March 1959 8 November 1962
Ivan Vachkov (1) 25 December 1962 14 December 1967
Ivan Vachkov (2) 14 December 1967 8 July 1971
Ivan Vachkov (3) 8 July 1971 16 June 1976
Ivan Vachkov (4) 16 June 1976 12 June 1981
Kostadin Lyutov 17 June 1981 3 May 1987
Vasil Mrachkov 18 August 1987 14 December 1989
Evtim Stoimenov 14 December 1989 6 November 1990
Martin Gunev 1 November 1990 19 February 1992
Ivan Tatarchev 17 February 1992 21 February 1999
Nikola Filchev 16 February 1999 22 February 2006
Boris Velchev 23 February 2006 2 November 2012
Boiko Naidenov 6 November 2012 9 January 2013
Sotir Tsatsarov 9 January 2013 16 December 2019
Ivan Geshev 18 December 2019 15 June 2023
Borislav Sarafov (acting) 16 June 2023 Incumbent

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.