Sofia City Council

Sofia City Council Столичен общински съвет Stolichen obshtinski sŭvet

Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	4 years
History
Founded	1991
Leadership
Chairman	Tsvetomir Petrov, PP–DB–SS since 8 February 2024
Vice-chairmens	Boyko Dimitrov (PP–DB–SS) Georgi Georgiev (GERB-SDS) Diana Tonova (BSPzB) Vili Lilkov (KOD) Sevdalina Petrova (Independent)
Structure
Seats	61

Political groups	PP–DB–SS (22) GERB-SDS (14) BSPzB (9) Revival (3) KOD (3) ITN (3) VMRO (1) Independent (6)^[1]
Salary	c. 5,700 leva^[2]
Elections
First election	1991
Last election	29 October 2023
Next election	by 29 October 2027
Website
council.sofia.bg

The Sofia City Council is the legislative body of Sofia Municipality.^[3]^[4] It consists of 61 councilmen elected via proportional vote by constituents registered within the municipality.

Committees

The Council has fourteen permanent committees:^[5]

Assembly of the Territory, Architecture, and Housing policy (Chairperson: Sevdalina Petrova);
Finances and Budget (Chairperson: Dimitar Vuchev);
Healthcare and Social policy (Chairperson: Vanya Grigorova);
Protection of the Environment, agriculture and forests (Chairperson: Krasimir Galabov);
Regional self-governing and regulatory use (Chairperson: Ivan Videlov);
Education, Culture, Science and Cultural diversity (Chairperson: Miroslav Borshosh);
Economy, Property and Digital transformation (Chairperson: Proshko Proshkov);
Engineer infrastructure and Energy planning (Chairperson: Dimitar Danailov);
Public order and Security (Chairperson: Vanya Tagareva);
Transport and Road safety (Chairperson: Ivan Takov) ;
Children, Youth, and Sport (Chairperson: Dimitar Shalafov);
Connections for urban integration (Chairperson: Nikolay Velchev);
Global cooperation and Tourism, European programmes and projects (Chairperson: Tsvetelina Simeonova-Zarkin);
Corruption and Unlawfully attained property confiscation committee (Chairperson: Bonka Vasileva).

References

^ "PP-DB and Spasi Sofia will have the most members in the new Sofia Municipal Council". Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ "BGN 9,000 salary for the mayor, over BGN 5,700 for a municipal councilor". Fakti.bg. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
^ "Sofia Council - За съвета". council.sofia.bg. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
^ "Sofia Council - Ръководство на Столичен общински съвет".
^ "Sofia City Council Committees". council.sofia.bg. Retrieved 2021-03-21.

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