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President Radev appoints caretaker cabinet, schedules early elections on October 2

Bulgaria's new caretaker Premier Galab Donev
Photo: BGNES

Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev signed a decree disbanding the 47th National Assembly and scheduling early Parliamentary elections on October 2.

President Radev also appointed a caretaker government with the following cabinet members:

Galab Donev- caretaker Prime Minister;

Lazar Lazarov- Deputy Premier and Minister of Labor and Social Policy;

Hristo Alexiev- Deputy Premier for Economy and Minister of Transport;

Ivan Demerdzhiev- Deputy Premier for Public Order and Security and Minister of Interior;

Atanas Pekanov- Deputy Premier for the Management of EU Funds;

Rositsa Velkova-Zheleva- Minister of Finance;

Dimitar Stoyanov- Minister of Defense;

Asen Medzhidiev- Minister of Health;

Ivan Shishkov- Minister of Regional Development and Public Works;

Sasho Penov- Minister of Education and Science;

Nikolay Milkov- Minister of Foreign Affairs;

Krum Zarkov- Minister of Justice;

Velislav Minekov- Minister of Culture;

Rositsa Karamfilova-Blagova- Minister of Environment and Water;

Yavor Gechev- Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry;

Nikola Stoyanov- Minister of Economy;

Rossen Hristov- Minister of Energy;

Alexander Pulev- Minister of Innovation and Growth;

Ilin Dimitrov- Minister of Tourism;

Vesela Lecheva- Minister of Youth and Sports;

Georgi Todorov- Minister of e-Government




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