site.btaPresident Appoints Caretaker Government to Take Office As of January 27, 2017

President Appoints Caretaker Government to Take Office  As of January 27, 2017

Sofia, January 25 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev issued a decree Wednesday appointing the caretaker government which will take office as of January 27, 2017, Radev's press secretariat said.

The line-up:

Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdjikov
Deputy PM in charge of social policies and Minister of Healthcare Ilko Semerdjiev
Deputy PM in charge of internal order and security and Minister of Defence Stefan Yanev
Deputy PM in charge of EU funding Malina Kroumova
Deputy PM in charge of the preparation of Bulgaria's EU presidency in 2018 Denitsa Zlateva
Interior Minister Plamen Ouzounov
Finance Minister Kiril Ananiev
Labour and Social Policy Minister Gulub Donev
Regional Development and Public Works Minister Spas Popnikolov
Education and Science Minister Nikolai Denkov
Foreign Minister Radi Naidenov
Justice Minister Maria Pavlova
Culture Minister Rashko Mladenov
Environment and Water Minister Irina Kostova
Agriculture and Food Minister Hristo Bozoukov
Transport, IT and Communications Minister Hristo Alexiev
Economy Minister Teodor Sedlarski
Energy Minister Nikolai Pavlov
Tourism Minister Stella Baltova
Youth and Sports Minister Daniela Dasheva.

Radev is to present the structure, line-up, and the priorities of the caretaker government at an official ceremony in the presidency on Friday, at 10 o'clock.