The candidate for Prime Minister from GERB-UDF Maria Gabriel handed over a folder with the draft composition for the Council of Ministers to President Rumen Radev, BGNES reported.
President Rumen Radev issued a decree today and sent the proposed cabinet to the National Assembly for a vote.
During the negotiations, it became clear that we have a text of agreement in which we have no differences on the reform of the judicial system, regulators and the fight against corruption. In the last 9 months, the reforms that were made were because of GERB-UDF. I realize how great the responsibility is before me and how important it is for Bulgaria to have a stable government, Maria Gabriel told President Radev.
She returned the mandate fulfilled and read the composition of the cabinet, which they proposed:
A total of 12 ministers retain the seats they have held for the past 9 months. Gabriel herself retains her position in the foreign ministry and Nikolay Denkov becomes deputy prime minister for European affairs. New ministers are joining in health, education, ecology, e-government. Innovation and growth will be headed by the current speaker of parliament, while energy is being taken over by a GERB MP. The current chairman of the military committee will take Todor Tagarev's place in the defence ministry.
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister - Maria Gabriel
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs - Nikolay Denkov
Minister of Finance - Asen Vassilev
Minister of Internal Affairs - Kalin Stoyanov
Minister of Regional Development - Andrey Tsekov
Minister of Labor - Ivanka Shalapatova
Minister of Defense - Hristo Gadjev
Minister of Justice - Atanas Slavov
Minister of Education - Galin Tsokov
Minister of Health - Katya Paneva
Minister of Culture - Krastyo Krastev
Minister of Agriculture - Kiril Vatev
Minister of Transport - Georgi Gvozdeikov
Minister of Innovation and Growth - Rosen Zhelyazkov
Minister of Economy - Bogdan Bogdanov
Minister of Energy - Zhecho Stankov
Minister of e-government - Valentin Mundrov
Minister of Tourism - Zaritsa Dinkov
Minister of Youth and Sports - Dimitar Iliev
Stay tuned for more details. /BGNES
