SOFIA (Bulgaria), August 5 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian president Rosen Plevneliev will appoint on Wednesday a caretaker government headed by Georgi Bliznashki following the resignation last month of the country's Socialist-led cabinet of prime minister Plamen Oresharski, the head of state said in a live radio broadcast on Tuesday.
The cabinet will run the country until the snap elections scheduled for October 5, Plevneliev said in an address broadcast by the state-run Bulgarian National Radio.
The president said that the country’s budget will be revised by the interim government.
Following is the lineup of Bulgaria's caretaker government:
Prime minister - Georgi Bliznashki
Deputy prime minister and minister of justice – Hristo Ivanov
Deputy prime minister and regional development minister - Ekaterina Zaharieva
Deputy prime minister and labour and social affairs minister – Yordan Hristoskov
Deputy prime minister in charge of EU funds - Iliyana Tsanova
Ministers:
Interior minister – Yordan Bakalov
Finance minister – Rumen Porozhanov
Economy, energy and tourism minister – Vasil Shtonov
Health minister – Miroslav Nenkov
Agriculture and foods minister – Vasil Grudev
Culture minister – Martin Ivanov
Education, youth and science minister – Rumiana Kolarova
Environment and waters minister – Svetlana Zhekova
Defence minister – Velizar Shalamanov
Foreign affairs minister – Daniel Mitov
Transport, information technologies and communications minister – Nikolina Angelkova
Physical education and sports minister – Evgeniya Radanova