Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev signed a decree disbanding the 47th National Assembly and scheduling early Parliamentary elections on October 2.
President Radev also appointed a caretaker government with the following cabinet members:
Galab Donev- caretaker Prime Minister;
Lazar Lazarov- Deputy Premier and Minister of Labor and Social Policy;
Hristo Alexiev- Deputy Premier for Economy and Minister of Transport;
Ivan Demerdzhiev- Deputy Premier for Public Order and Security and Minister of Interior;
Atanas Pekanov- Deputy Premier for the Management of EU Funds;
Rositsa Velkova-Zheleva- Minister of Finance;
Dimitar Stoyanov- Minister of Defense;
Asen Medzhidiev- Minister of Health;
Ivan Shishkov- Minister of Regional Development and Public Works;
Sasho Penov- Minister of Education and Science;
Nikolay Milkov- Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Krum Zarkov- Minister of Justice;
Velislav Minekov- Minister of Culture;
Rositsa Karamfilova-Blagova- Minister of Environment and Water;
Yavor Gechev- Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry;
Nikola Stoyanov- Minister of Economy;
Rossen Hristov- Minister of Energy;
Alexander Pulev- Minister of Innovation and Growth;
Ilin Dimitrov- Minister of Tourism;
Vesela Lecheva- Minister of Youth and Sports;
Georgi Todorov- Minister of e-Government
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