Parliament voted Denkov-Gabriel cabinet into office

Bulgaria's Parliament on June 6 voted to elect Nikolai Denkov as Prime Minister of Bulgaria and approved the structure and composition of the cabinet proposed by him.

The vote in the 240-seat legislature was 132-69 with no abstentions.

The MPs voted to approve the structure of the Denkov-Gabriel cabinet. 132 voted in favour, 69 voted against, no one abstained. The government is headed by a Prime Minister with one Deputy Prime Minister and 18 ministers.

The MPs voted to support the line-up of the Denkov-Gabriel cabinet. 131 voted in favour, 69 voted against, there were no abstentions.

The full cabinet is as follows:

Prime Minister: Nikolai Denkov (first 9 months)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mariya Gabriel; will take over as PM in the next 9 months.
Minister of Finance: Assen Vassilev
Minister of Interior: Kalin Stoyanov
Minister of Defence: Todor Tagarev
Minister of Environment and Water: Julian Popov
Minister of Energy: Rumen Radev
Minister of Regional Development and Public Works: Andrey Tsekov
Minister of Agriculture and Food: Kiril Vatev
Minister of Economy and Industry: Bogdan Bogdanov
Minister of Innovation and Growth: Milena Stoycheva
Minister of Labour and Social Policy: Ivanka Shalapatova
Minister of Justice: Atanas Slavov
Minister of Health: Hristo Hinkov
Minister of Education and Science: Galin Tsokov
Minister of Tourism: Zaritsa Dimkova
Minister of Transport and Communications: Georgi Gvozdeykov
Minister of Electronic Governance: Alexander Yolovski
Minister of Culture: Krastyu Krastev
Minister of Youth and Sports: Dimitar Iliev

The new cabinet with the mandate of WCC-DB and Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov took the oath of office after the government was approved by the 49th National Assembly.

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At an extraordinary sitting at 1 p.m. on June 6th, the MPs voted on the Denkov-Gabriel draft cabinet after President Rumen Radev issued a decree yesterday asking Parliament to approve the proposal.

The proposed government on a rotating basis was put together after the second largest group in Parliament “We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria” (WCC-DB), reached an agreement with the largest parliamentary group, GERB-UDF.

According to the agreement, Denkov of WCC-DB will serve as Prime Minister for the first nine months, after which GERB-UDF’s Mariya Gabriel will take over as PM in the next 9 months.