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 since 8 February 2024
Vice-chairmens	Bonka Vasileva (PP–DB) Vanya Tagareva (GERB-SDS) Diana Tonova (BSPzB) Vili Lilkov (KOD) Sevdalina Petrova (Bulgaria Can)
Structure
Seats	61
Political groups	GERB-SDS (14)   PP–DB (12)   Spasi Sofia (8) [1]   BSPzB (8)   Revival (4)   KOD (3)   ITN (3)   Bulgaria Can (3) [a]   VMRO (1)   Independent (5) [b] [2]
Salary	c. 5,700 leva [3]
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. ^{[4] [5]} It consists of 61 councilmen elected via proportional vote by constituents registered within the municipality.

Committees

The Council has fourteen permanent committees: ^[6]

• Assembly of the Territory, Architecture, and Housing policy (Chairperson: Sevdalina Petrova, Bulgaria Can);
• Finances and Budget (Chairperson: Dimitar Vuchev, GERB-SDS);
• Healthcare and Social policy (Chairperson: Vanya Grigorova, Independent);
• Protection of the Environment, agriculture and forests (Chairperson: Krasimir Galabov, Bulgaria Can);
• Regional self-governing and regulatory use (Chairperson: Ivan Videlov, BSPzB);
• Education, Culture, Science and Cultural diversity (Chairperson: Diyan Stamatov, GERB-SDS);
• Economy, Property and Digital transformation (Chairperson: Proshko Proshkov, GERB-SDS);
• Engineer infrastructure and Energy planning (Chairperson: Aleksandar Aleksandrov, ITN);
• Public order and Security (Chairperson: Vanya Tagareva, GERB-SDS);
• Transport and Road safety (Chairperson: Ivan Takov, BSPzB);
• Children, Youth, and Sport (Chairperson: Dimitar Shalafov, Independent);
• Connections for urban integration (Chairperson: Nikolay Velchev, BSPzB);
• Global cooperation and Tourism, European programmes and projects (Chairperson: Tsvetelina Simeonova-Zarkin, PP–DB);
• Corruption and Unlawfully attained property confiscation committee (Chairperson: Anton Hekimian, GERB-SDS).

References

1. ""Spasi Sofia" splits from PP-DB". Sega. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
2. "PP-DB and Spasi Sofia will have the most members in the new Sofia Municipal Council". Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
3. "BGN 9,000 salary for the mayor, over BGN 5,700 for a municipal councilor". Fakti.bg. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
4. "Sofia Council - За съвета". council.sofia.bg. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
5. "Sofia Council - Ръководство на Столичен общински съвет".
6. "Sofia City Council Committees". council.sofia.bg. Retrieved 2021-03-21.

1. Former members of:
     Revival (3)
2. Former members of:
     PP-DB (3)
     Revival (1)