Boris Velchev

Date and place of birth: April 26, 1962, Sofia.

Education: Faculty of Law, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, summa cum laude.

Part-time lecturer (1988), then full-time Assistant Professor (1990) of criminal law at St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. Passed through all academic levels: Associate Professor (2002); Professor of Criminal Law (2012). Doctor of Philosophy in law (since 1997).

Lecturing in criminal law and international criminal law at St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia and St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo - head of the Criminal Law Studies Department there until 2012.

Author of many publications on criminal law and international criminal law.

Member of the Legislation Drafting Council at the National Assembly, member and Chairman of the Legal Advisory Board to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Elected as Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria (2006). Member of the Supreme Judicial Council and the Managing Board to the National Institute of Justice.

Appointed Constitutional Court Justice by the President of the Republic (2012).