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Sat, Feb 11 2012
Bulgaria's PM-designate Boiko Borissov announces cabinet line-up
Borissov, left, turned in his list at a meeting with Purvanov at noon on July 23.
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Simeon Dyankov - deputy prime minister and minister of finance.
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Tsvetan Tsvetanov - deputy prime minister, and interior minister.
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Roumyana Zheleva - foreign affairs.
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Nikolai Mladenov - defence.
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Margarita Popova - justice
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Totyu Mladenov - labour and social policy.
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Yordanka Fandukova - education, youth and science.
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Bozhidar Nanev - health.
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Miroslav Naidenov - agriculture and food.
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Rosen Plevneliev - regional development.
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Nona Karadjova - environment and water affairs.
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Alexander Tsvetkov - transport, communications and information technologies.
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Vezhdi Rashidov - culture.
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Svilen Neikov - sport.
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Bozhidar Dimitrov, minister without portfolio, with responsibility for Bulgarians abroad.
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Sofia mayor and prime minister-to-be Boiko Borissov formally submitted his list of cabinet ministers to President Georgi Purvanov on July 23.
Borissov's list featured nominations for 15 ministries, three fewer than in the outgoing Cabinet of Socialist Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. Borissov will have two deputy prime ministers, rather than three as in the outgoing cabinet.
Purvanov will forward the list to Parliament, which will vote on July 27 on whether to approva the new government..
Borissov's Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party won 116 seats in the 240-seat Parliament, but the right-wing Blue Coalition, ultra-nationalist Ataka party and the centre-right Order, Law and Justice party all said that they would support Borissov's cabinet when put to the vote in Parliament
The list of Borissov's nominees for cabinet ministers follows.
Simeon Dyankov - finance minister and deputy prime minister.
Tsvetan Tsvetanov - interior minister and deputy prime minister.
Traicho Traikov - economy, energy and tourism minister
Roumyana Zheleva - foreign minister
Nikolai Mladenov - defence minister
Margarita Popova - justice minister
Totyu Mladenov - labour and social policy minister
Yordanka Fandukova - education, youth and science minister
Bozhidar Nanev - healthcare minister
Miroslav Naidenov - agriculture and food industry minister
Rossen Plevneliev - regional development minister
Nona Karadjova - environment and water affairs minister
Alexander Tsvetkov - transport, communications and information technologies minister
Vezhdi Rashidov - culture minister
Svilen Neikov - sport minister
Bozhidar Dimitrov - minister without portfolio
Borissov's list featured nominations for 15 ministries, three fewer than in the outgoing Cabinet of Socialist Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. Borissov will have two deputy prime ministers, rather than three as in the outgoing cabinet.
Purvanov will forward the list to Parliament, which will vote on July 27 on whether to approva the new government..
Borissov's Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party won 116 seats in the 240-seat Parliament, but the right-wing Blue Coalition, ultra-nationalist Ataka party and the centre-right Order, Law and Justice party all said that they would support Borissov's cabinet when put to the vote in Parliament
The list of Borissov's nominees for cabinet ministers follows.
Simeon Dyankov - finance minister and deputy prime minister.
Tsvetan Tsvetanov - interior minister and deputy prime minister.
Traicho Traikov - economy, energy and tourism minister
Roumyana Zheleva - foreign minister
Nikolai Mladenov - defence minister
Margarita Popova - justice minister
Totyu Mladenov - labour and social policy minister
Yordanka Fandukova - education, youth and science minister
Bozhidar Nanev - healthcare minister
Miroslav Naidenov - agriculture and food industry minister
Rossen Plevneliev - regional development minister
Nona Karadjova - environment and water affairs minister
Alexander Tsvetkov - transport, communications and information technologies minister
Vezhdi Rashidov - culture minister
Svilen Neikov - sport minister
Bozhidar Dimitrov - minister without portfolio
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I have a lot of empty ones lying around the office...
Poor Bozhidar Dimitrov, maybe we should chip in and buy him a portfolio?