Bliznashki Government

Bliznashki Government
93rd Cabinet of Bulgaria

Date formed	6 August 2014
Date dissolved	7 November 2014
People and organisations
Head of state	Rosen Plevneliev
Head of government	Georgi Bliznashki
Status in legislature	Provisional Government
History
Predecessor	Oresharski Government
Successor	Second Borisov Government

The Bliznashki Government was the ninety-third cabinet of Bulgaria which took office on 6 August 2014, following the resignation of the previous government.^[1] 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.^[2]

Cabinet

Ministry	Minister	Party
Prime Minister	Georgi Bliznashki	Independent
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Design	Ekaterina Zakharieva	Independent
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Policy	Yordan Hristoskov	Independent
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice	Hristo Ivanov	Independent
Deputy Prime Minister and Management of EU Funds	Iliyana Tsanova	Independent
Minister of Interior	Yordan Bakalov	Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Daniel Mitov	Independent
Minister of Finance	Rumen Porozhanov	Independent
Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism	Asen Vasilev	Independent
Minister of Economy and Energy	Rumen Porozhanov	Independent
Minister of Education and Science	Rumyana Kolarova	Independent
Minister of Defence	Velizar Shalamanov	Independent
Minister of Agriculture and Food	Vasil Grudev	Independent
Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications	Nikolina Angelkova	Independent
Minister of Environment and Water	Svetlana Zhekova	Independent
Minister of Health	Miroslav Nenkov	Independent
Minister of Culture	Martin Ivanov	Independent
Minister of Youth and Sports	Evgenia Radanova	Independent

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.^[3] Bliznashki gave up trying to appoint a separate elections minister, and instead announced that he will personally oversee the organisation of the elections.^[4]

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.^[5]^[6]

External links

Cabinet Composition
Cabinet Composition (Bulgarian)

References

^ "Interim Gov't Takes Over from Oresharski Cabinet". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
^ "Bulgaria's 42nd Parliament Dissolved, Elections on October 5". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
^ "Bulgaria's Minister of Elections withdraws due to "public echo"". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
^ "Bulgaria PM takes over coordination of election process on part of central administration". FOCUS News Agency. 11 August 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ "Правителството на Близнашки е първият служебен кабинет без ДС-агенти". mediapool.bg. 17 October 2014.
^ "Кабинетът "Близнашки" чист откъм агенти на ДС". frognews.bg. 17 October 2014.