The Bliznashki Government was the ninety-third cabinet of Bulgaria which took office on 6 August 2014, following the resignation of the previous government. This cabinet was a caretaker government of technocrats designated to serve only until a new government could be elected with a popular mandate. The government, led by Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki, was set up by President Rosen Plevneliev. A new government was formed after the early parliamentary elections on 5 October 2014.
Cabinet MinistryMinisterPartyPrime MinisterGeorgi BliznashkiIndependentDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure DesignEkaterina ZakharievaIndependentDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social PolicyYordan HristoskovIndependentDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of JusticeHristo IvanovIndependentDeputy Prime Minister and Management of EU FundsIliyana TsanovaIndependentMinister of InteriorYordan BakalovIndependentMinister of Foreign AffairsDaniel MitovIndependentMinister of FinanceRumen PorozhanovIndependentMinister of Economy, Energy and TourismVassil ShtonovIndependentMinister of Economy and EnergyRumen PorozhanovIndependentMinister of Education and ScienceRumyana KolarovaIndependentMinister of DefenceVelizar ShalamanovIndependentMinister of Agriculture and FoodVasil GrudevIndependentMinister of Transport, Information Technology and CommunicationsNikolina AngelkovaIndependentMinister of Environment and WaterSvetlana ZhekovaIndependentMinister of HealthMiroslav NenkovIndependentMinister of CultureMartin IvanovIndependentMinister of Youth and SportsEvgenia RadanovaIndependent
Medarova appointment and pull out
On 8 August 2014 the president Rosen Plevneliev appointed the judge Krasimira Medarova, a former chief of the Central Election Committee, as the minister responsible for conducting the upcoming parliamentary elections. Two days later, on 10 August 2014, Medarova stepped down due to criticism for her former job as a chief of the Central Election Committee. Bliznashki gave up trying to appoint a separate elections minister, and instead announced that he will personally oversee the organisation of the elections.
Miscellaneous
According to some media sources, this is the first post-1989 cabinet without any known former agents affiliated with the Committee for State Security.
External links Cabinet Composition Cabinet Composition (Bulgarian)
See also History of Bulgaria since 1989
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