nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190721-134350-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190721s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190721-134350-0 doi eng 342 23 Vassileva, Radosveta Author aut A Judge Born in the USSR How a Judge’s Citizenship Became Relevant for Bulgaria’s Rule of Law and Judicial Self-Governance Vassileva, Radosveta Verfassungsblog 2019-07-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Sofia City Court which is notorious for its corruption is currently dealing with its latest scandal which involves the citizenship of the court’s President Alexey Trifonov. There are rising concerns that he is not a Bulgarian citizen – holding Bulgarian citizenship, however, is a requirement to serve as a magistrate in Bulgaria. The answer to a question, which appears to be simple at first glance – what is judge Trifonov’s citizenship? ­– requires the study of USSR and Bulgarian citizenship law applicable in 1972. The issue has already reached Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court and illustrates the deplorable state of Bulgaria’s rule of law. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Citizenship judicial self-governance Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-judge-born-in-the-ussr/ raw object