Governing Bodies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The General Assembly is the highest collective governing body of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The members of the General Assembly are elected by the scientists occupying positions at the academic institutes. The General Assembly adopts and amends the statute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, elects the President and Vice-Presidents, the Scientific Secretary-General and the members of the Governing Council of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

The Governing Council is the body that ensures the implementation of the decisions of the General Assembly. The Governing Council prepares and proposes decisions concerning the activities of the Academy before the General Assembly; elects the directors of the permanent scientific units, organizes periodic evaluations of the independent scientific units and the general academic international cooperation.

The Management Board of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences takes decisions related to the day-to-day management of BAS which are based on the Law and the Statute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and on the decisions of the General Assembly and the Governing Council (GC) of BAS. By decision of the GC of BAS and on the basis of Art. 24, Para. 1, item 2 and item 8 of the Statute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Board includes the President of BAS, the Vice-Presidents, the Scientific Secretary-General and the Scientific Secretaries of BAS.

The President of BAS represents the Academy in the country and abroad. He administers the budget of BAS and its funds pursuant to the decisions of the General Assembly. The President of BAS organizes and manages the implementation of general academic tasks, performs functions assigned to him by normative acts, decisions of the General Assembly or which result from contracts to which the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is a party. The President of BAS is a member by right of the General Assembly, Chairman of the Governing Council of BAS, of the Assembly of Academicians and Corresponding Members (AACM) and the Board of Trustees. A prominent Bulgarian scientist, academician or corresponding member with recognized merits in science and established international prestige may be elected President of BAS, for a four-year term of office. The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences may not be elected for more than two consecutive terms of office. He may be elected for the relevant term only before reaching the age of 70.

Doctors of Science, Professors, Corresponding Members or Academicians with recognized merits in science and with established international prestige may be elected Vice-Presidents of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The Vice-Presidents support the President of BAS in his activity, replace him when absent and perform functions assigned by him.

The Scientific Secretary-General may be a Doctor of Science, a Professor, a Corresponding member or an Academician. The Scientific Secretary-General is the first assistant to the President in the day-to-day management of BAS.

Habilitated scientists with main job at BAS may be elected Scientific Secretaries. The Scientific Secretaries assist the President and the Scientific Secretary-General in the day-to-day management of BAS.