Yanaki Stoilov

Yanaki Boyanov Stoilov is a Bulgarian politician and university lecturer who is currently serving as one of the 12 Judges of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria. He was previously a Member of the National Assembly and the Minister of Justice.

Biography Yanaki Stoilov was born on September 8, 1958, in Veliko Tarnovo. He graduated in law at Sofia University, where he was elected Associate Professor (2002) and Professor of Theory of Law and Political Science (September 2018). He lectures on General Theory of the State at Plovdiv University, where he was elected professor in January 2019. He is also a Doctor of Law with a dissertation on "Subjective Law (Nature, Action, Types)" (1990). His main theoretical work is "State Power".

Yanaki Stoilov was among the authors of the 1991 post-communist Constitution of Bulgaria.

As a member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, he was a member of the VII Grand National Assembly, XXXVI National Assembly, XXXVIII National Assembly, XXXIX National Assembly, XL National Assembly, XLI [National Assembly for the total span of 27 years of public service in the legislative branch. He later on was appointed caretaker Minister of Justice by President Rumen Radev after the political parties in the National Assembly failed to form a government and served between May and October 2021. His governance was cut short after he was appointed again by President Rumen Radev to serve as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria. He assumed office on November 15, 2021, with his term set to expire in 2030.