Bulgaria’s President handed over the first mandate to seek to form a government to GERB-UDF

Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev on July 1 handed the first mandate to seek to form a government to GERB-UDF.

GERB-UDF leader Boyko Borissov announced that they nominate Rosen Zhelyazkov as prime minister-designate. Zhelyazkov said he returns the mandate fulfilled and read out the proposed structure and composition of the cabinet.

The proposed line-up is as follows:

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth Tomislav Donchev
Minister of Finance Lyudmila Petkova
Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Mitov
Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov
Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Nikolay Nankov
Minister of Defence Atanas Zapryanov
Minister of Justice Mariya Pavlova
Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev
Minister of Economy and Industry Temenuzhka Petkova
Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov
Minister of Energy Delyan Dobrev
Minister of Environment and Water Ivelina Vasileva
Minister of Social Policy and Public Works Denitsa Sacheva
Minister of Electronic Governance Vladimir Temelkov
Minister of Culture Lyuben Dilov
Minister of Agriculture and Food Georgi Tahov
Minister of Transport and Communications Georgi Gvozdeykov
Minister of Tourism Evtim Miloshev
Minister of Youth and Sports Krasen Kralev

GERB-UDF proposes a government with three main goals