Editing Varna, Bulgaria (section)

=== Local government ===
[[File:Maritime Administration in Varna, Bulgaria.jpg|thumb|Marine Administration Varna]]

The municipal chief executive is the Mayor (кмет, ''kmet'': the word is [[cognate]] with [[count]]). Since the end of the ''de facto'' one-party communist rule in 1990, there have been four mayors: Voyno Voynov, SDS ([[Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|Union of Democratic Forces]]), ''ad interim'', 1990–91; Hristo Kirchev, SDS, 1991–99; [[Kiril Yordanov]], independent, 1999–2013; [[Ivan Portnih]], [[GERB]], 2013–2023; [[Blagomir Kotsev]], [[PP–DB]], 2023–present.

The City council (общински съвет, ''obshtinski savet'', the 51-member legislature) is the city's legislative body composed of 51 members. As of January 2015 it consists of: centre-right [[Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria]] (GERB), 22 council members; centre-right/right-wing [[Reformist Bloc]] [[Patriotic Front (Bulgaria)]], 6; centre-left [[Bulgarian Socialist Party]] (BSP), 5; "Varna" Coalition including [[Attack (political party)|Attack]], 4; other smaller parties, groups and independent members, 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varna.bg/bg/articles/2866/Регистър_на_групите.html|title=Varna City Council|publisher=varna.bg|access-date=28 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625103648/http://varna.bg/bg/articles/2866/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5.html|archive-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
The Council chairman is Todor Balabanov ([[GERB]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varna.bg/bg/articles/43/Ръководство.html|title=Varna City Council Chair|publisher=Varna.bg|access-date=28 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421081204/http://www.varna.bg/bg/articles/43/%D0%A0%D1%8A%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE.html|archive-date=21 April 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Odessos Area,Varna.jpg|thumb|Odessos Area Building]]

Varna regional court is one of the busiest courts in the country. The city also headquarters the district, administrative, and military court, and a court of appeal as well as regional, military, and appellate prosecutor's offices.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://varna.court-bg.org/ |title=Окръжен съд Варна |publisher=Varna.court-bg.org |access-date=18 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418051554/http://varna.court-bg.org/ |archive-date=18 April 2009 }}</ref>

[[File:Admiralty Varna.jpg|thumb|Bulgarian Admiralty in Varna]]