Bulgarian caretaker Cabinet list
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev announced the line-up of the country’s caretaker government – the second such cabinet appointed by Plevneliev since taking office in January 2012 – on August 5.
Prime Minister – Georgi Bliznashki
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic policy, Minister of Regional Development and Minister of Investment Planning – Ekaterina Zaharieva
Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister – Yordan Hristoskov
Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister – Hristo Ivanov
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU funds – Iliyana Tsanova
Finance Minister – Roumen Porozhanov
Economy and Energy Minister – Vassil Shtonov
Interior Minister – Yordan Bakalov
Foreign Minister – Daniel Mitov
Defence Minister – Velizar Shalamanov
Agriculture and Food Minister – Vassil Grudev
Transport, Communications and Information Technologies Minister – Nikolina Angelkova
Health Minister – Miroslav Nenkov
Environment Minister – Svetlana Zhekova
Education and Science Minister – Roumyana Kolarova
Culture Minister – Martin Ivanov
Sport and Youth Minister – Evgenia Radanova
(Bulgarian Council of Ministers building. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer)
