Parliament elects a proposed cabinet with Rosen Zhelyazkov as prime minister. It passed with 125 votes in favour, 114 against and no abstentions.
The cabinet was supported by all MPs of the coalition Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria and the Union of Democratic Forces (GERB-SDS), the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the United Left (BSP-SL), and the parties Such Are the People (TISP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms - New Beginning. The government is a minority government because the coalition of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms - New Beginning, which represents the rights of the Turkish minority, is not part of the government, although it made its formation possible. The members of the government have taken the oath of office and taken up their posts.
The composition of Zhelyazkov's cabinet:
Premier: Rosen Zhelyazkov (GERB-SDS)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Innovation and Growth: Tomislav Donchev (GERB-SDS)
Deputy Prime Minister: Atanas Zafirov (BSP-United Left)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov (TISP)
The Minister for Finance: Temenužka Petkova (GERB-SDS)
Minister for Foreign Affairs: Georg Georgiev (GERB-SDS)
Minister of the Interior: Daniel Mitov (GERB-SDS)
Minister for Regional Development and Public Works: Ivan Ivanov (BSP-SL)
Minister for Labour and Social Policy: Borislav Gutsanov (BSP-SL)
Minister for Justice: Georgi Georgiev (GERB-SDS)
The Secretary of Defense: Atanas Zaprjanov (GERB-SDS)
Minister for Education and Science: Krasimir Valchev (GERB-SDS)
Minister of Health: Silvi Kirilov (TISP)
Minister of Culture: Marian Bachev (TISP)
Minister for Agriculture: Georgi Tahov (GERB-SDS)
Minister for the Environment and Water: Manol Genov (BSP-SL)
The Minister for Economic Affairs and Industry: Petar Dilov (TISP)
Minister of Energy: Zhecho Stankov (GERB-SDS)
Minister for e-Government: Valentin Mundrov (GERB-SDS)
The Minister for Tourism: Miroslav Boršoš (GERB-SDS)
Minister of Youth and Sports: Ivan Peshev (BSP-SL)
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One of our first tasks is to give the administration confidence
"Our first tasks are about restoring trust in the civil service so that it can operate with motivation," Zhelyazkov said during the handover and assumption of power ceremony at the Council of Ministers.
"We expect neither tolerance nor mercy, because the job of the opposition is to criticize and prepare for elections," Zhelyazkov added.
"It is important for us as a regularly elected cabinet to rely on parliamentary support. We have made efforts to win broad parliamentary support," He added.
Zhelyazkov assured that the government would get down to work from day one.
"We end our term of office satisfied with the work we have done," said the interim Prime Minister at the ceremony Dimitar Glavchev. "We can say with a clear conscience that we worked in the interests of the state, respected the Constitution and the laws and followed the interests of the Bulgarian citizens. We expect that tomorrow or within a few days it will be announced that we meet the last criterion for our entry into the euro area," Glavchev added.
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