Today's vote in the National Assembly approved the candidature of Academician Nikolai Denkov for Prime Minister. 132 voted "for", 69 "against" and there were no abstentions. Denkov received support from GERB-SDS (with one vote "against"), PP-DB and MRF.
The cabinet structure of PP-DB and GERB-SDS was also supported by 132 MPs, 69 were against, and there were no abstentions. The newly elected members of the Council of Ministers have been sworn in.
The MPs approved the renaming of the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The cabinet with Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, proposed by PP-DB, will have just one deputy prime minister - Mariya Gabriel, proposed by GERB-SDS. The two will change positions on a rotational basis after 9 months. This is the first cabinet in Bulgaria with rotating prime ministers.
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