The Administrative and Legal Status of the Executive Committees of Municipal People’s Councils During the Period 1947–1990 Cover Image

Административноправно положение на изпълнителните комитети на общинските народни съвети в периода 1947–1990 г.
The Administrative and Legal Status of the Executive Committees of Municipal People’s Councils During the Period 1947–1990

Author(s): Maria Ilieva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Public Administration, Administrative Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: administrative and legal status; executive committees; mayor; municipal people’s councils

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the constitutional foundations of the executive committees of the municipal people’s councils in the 1947 and 1971 Constitutions of Bulgaria, which establish them as collective executive and administrative bodies of the people’s councils, operating under the principles of democratic centralism and dual subordination. It analyzes the relevant administrative legislation, which specifies their structure, competence, and place within the system of state administration. The legal acts of the executive committees – decisions, orders, and regulations – are examined as forms of administrative activity of a normative and non-normative nature. The organization of work through meetings is considered as the sole form of collective decision-making with an established quorum and majority. Attention is given to the legal status of the chairperson of the executive committee as a body with organizational-managerial and independent administrative powers.

  • Issue Year: XXII/2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 64-74
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian
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