Bulgaria’s Parliament voted the new government into office

Bulgaria’s Parliament on December 13 voted to support the line-up of the new government, which includes four parties - “We Continue the Change” (WCC) , the Bulgarian Socialist Party, “There is Such a People” and Democratic Bulgaria. Kiril Petkov of WCC is Bulgaria's new Prime minister.

134 voted in favour, 104 voted against. No one abstained.

The voting was preceded by a nearly three-hour debate in which the opposition confirmed itself as such - GERB, Movement for Rights and Freedoms and Vazrazhdane.

Before the voting, Kiril Petkov of “We Continue the Change” presented the proposed line-up of the cabinet and the priorities of the governance for the next 4 years term.

He said that his first Order as Prime Minister would be the introduction of Covid-19 “green certificate” for entering the building of the Council of Ministers.

The new government will have five Deputy Prime Ministers – two from WCC, the largest parliamentary group and one from the other three coalition partners.

The line-up voted by Parliament is as follows:

Prime Minister – Kiril Petkov (WCC)

Deputy PM and Finance Minister – Assen Vassilev (WCC)

Deputy PM for effective government – Kalina Konstantinova (WCC)

Deputy PM and Economy and Industry Minister – Kornelia Ninova (BSP)

Deputy PM and Regional Development Minister – Grozdan Karadjov (TISP)

Deputy PM and Environment and Waters Minister – Borislav Sandov (DB)

Interior Minister – Boiko Rashkov (WCC)

Foreign Minister – Teodora Genchovska (TISP)

Defence Minister – Stefan Yanev (WCC)

Justice Minister – Nadezhda Yordanova (DB)

Labour and Social Policy Minister – Georgi Gyokov (BSP)

Health Minister – Assena Serbezova (WCC)

Energy Minister – Alexander Nikolov (TISP)

Agriculture Minister – Ivan Ivanov (BSP)

Transport Minister – Nikolai Subev (WCC)

Growth and Innovation Minister – Daniel Lorer (WCC)

E-government Minister – Bozhidar Bozhanov (DB)

Education Minister – Nikolai Denkov (WCC)

Tourism Minister – Hristo Prodanov (BSP)

Culture Minister – Atanas Atanassov (WCC)

Sports Minister – Radostin Vassilev (TISP)