The Parliamentary Ombudsman institution in Bulgaria was established by the Law on the Ombudsman, in force since January 1, 2004.On April 13th 2005, the National Assembly elected Mr. Ginio Ganev as the first Bulgarian national Ombudsman. He is born on March 2, 1928 in Burgas. Graduated in Law from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Expert on state and legal sciences. Eager constitutional defender. Legal advisor and Secretary general in the Ministry of Energy, 1953-76. Member of the board of the “National Academic Foundation”. Chair of the Union of People’s Community Center. Chair of “Bulgarian Sport” foundation, 1994. Chair of the Civil Council on Science, Culture and Art. Chair of the “Constitutionalism and democracy” Association.
Contact information:

Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria
Address: 155 Georgi S. Rakovski Street, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: (+ 359 2) 980 95 10; (+ 359 2) 810 69 55
Fax: (+ 359 2) 810 69 63
E-mail: ombudsman-bg@europe.com