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TheConstitutional Court of Bulgaria (Bulgarian:Конституционен съд) is in charge of reviewing the constitutionality of acts and statutes brought before it, as well as the compliance of these laws with international treaties to which Bulgaria is a party. The 12 members of the Constitutional Court serve a nine-year term. Four of the justices are elected by theNational Assembly, four are appointed by thePresident, and the remaining four are selected from among the judges on theSupreme Court of Cassation and theSupreme Administrative Court.
| 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 – 15 November 2012 |
| Dimitar Tokushev | 4 March 2013 – 11 November 2015 |
| Boris Velchev | 16 November 2015 – 15 November 2021 |
| Pavlina Panova | 16 November 2021 – present |
| Year | Chosen by theNational Assembly[a] | Chosen by thePresident[b] | Chosen by the SupremeAdministrative andCassation courts | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Lyuben Kornezov | Neno Nenovski | Pencho Penev | Ivan Parvanov[c] | Teodor Chipev | Milcho Kostov | Nikolay Pavlov | Tsanko Hadzhistoychev | Milena Zhabinska | Mladen Danailov | Alexandar Arabadzhiev | Asen Manov |
| 1994 | Todor Todorov | Dimitar Gochev | Georgi Markov | Ivan Grigorov[d] | ||||||||
| 1997 | Nedelcho Beronov | Zhivko Stalev[e] | Margarita Zlatareva | Stefanka Stefanova | ||||||||
| 2000 | Vasil Gotsev | Hristo Danov[f] | Rumen Yankov | Lyudmil Neykov | ||||||||
| 2003 | Emiliya Drumeva | Mariya Pavlova[g] | Evgeni Tanchev | Vladislav Slavov | ||||||||
| 2006 | Krasen Stoychev | Dimitar Tokushev | Plamen Kirov | Blagovest Punev | ||||||||
| 2009 | Tsanka Tsankova | Vanyuskha Angusheva[h] | Rumen Nenkov | Stefka Stoeva | ||||||||
| 2012 | Atanas Atanasov | Grozdan Iliev | Boris Velchev | Georgi Angelov | ||||||||
| 2015 | Konstantin Penchev | Philip Dimitrov | Mariyana Karagyozova-Finkova | Tanya Raykovska | ||||||||
| 2018 | Krasimir Vlahov | Atanas Semov | Nadezhda Dzhelepova | Pavlina Panova | ||||||||
| 2021 | Desislava Atanasova[i] | Borislav Belazelkov[i] | Yanaki Stoilov | Sonya Yankulova | ||||||||
| 2024 | Orlin Kolev | Sasho Penov | Nevin Feti Osman-Yordanova | Galina Toneva-Dacheva | ||||||||
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