Nikola Filchev Borisov (; born 25 July 1948) is a

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n jurist who served as the chief prosecutor of Bulgaria from 1999 to 2006. Between 2006 and 2008, he was the Bulgarian ambassador to

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. In 1986, Filchev earned a

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in law.

Biography

''Nikola Filchev'' was born on 25 July 1948 in

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. He graduated in

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(LLM) from St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. In 1973 he was appointed judge at Varna District Court. In 1977 he joined the ''Institute for Legal Studies'' at The

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as a research associate. He lectured at the Law Faculty of

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while serving as a judge in

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. In 1986 he defended his

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thesis on complicity in crime. In 1999 he became Associate Professor of

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. In 1991 the Grand National Assembly elected Mr. Filchev judge at the Supreme Court of Cassation of the

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(the Criminal Collage). Between 1997 and 1999 he served as Deputy Minister of

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. He was the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria from 1999 to 2006. In 2005 he was conferred the title

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of criminal law. Between 2006 and 2008, he served as the Bulgarian ambassador to

. Since 1996 he has been Head of the Chair of ''Criminal law Studies'' at the

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of the

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. Nikola Filchev has specialized in criminal law in

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and

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. He has participated in a number of international fora. He is the author of numerous publications (monographs, studies, articles, etc.) in Bulgarian,

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and

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on the teaching of crime (corpus delicti, culpa, method of committing a crime) and penal lawmaking (public danger, criminalization of acts, differentiation of criminal liability).

References

Living people 1948 births Bulgarian jurists Academic staff of the University of National and World Economy People from Varna, Bulgaria Prosecutors general of Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-bio-stub