The 51st National Assembly elected Rosen Zhelyazkov as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, BGNES reports.
"125 MPs voted in favour, 114 against, with no abstentions.
Zhelyazkov was supported by the political groups of GERB-UDF, MRF-Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Bulgarian Socialist Party, There is such a nation.
We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria, Revival, MRF-New Beginnings and Moral Unity Honor - MUH voted against. The MPs supported the structure of the Council of Ministers with the same majority with which they elected Zhelyazkov. The composition of the government also received 125 votes in favour.
Immediately after the election Zhelyazkov and the new ministers took the oath of office. | BGNES
