Bulgaria's Caretaker Govt Unveiled, Led by Envoy to France

Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev (L) officially welcomes Prime Minister Marin Raykov (R) at the helm of Bulgaria’s caretaker government. Photo by BGNES

The members of Bulgaria's new caretaker Cabinet have been announced, expectedly headed by Marin Raykov.

As it was reported earlier on Tuesday, Bulgaria's Ambassador to France Marin Raykov will take over as caretaker Prime Minister. He will also serve as the country's Foreign Minister.

The caretaker government will include three deputy Prime Ministers: Regional Development Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, Labor Minister Deyana Kostadinova and EU Funds Minister Iliyana Tsanova.

Dragomir Yordanov will be Bulgaria's new Justice Minister.

Kalin Hristov, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, will take over the Finance Ministry.

Asen Vasilev will take over as Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism. Vasilev is co-founder of Everbeard.

Petya Parvanova will be appointed Interior Minister. She is now head of the Interior Ministry's Directorate "EU and International Cooperation."

Prof. Ivan Stankov, President of the Thracian University in the city of Stara Zagora would be Agriculture Minister.

Star actor, Vladimir Penev, who has one of the leading roles as "the good cop" in the popular TV series "Undercover," is going to be Culture Minister.

Christian Krastev is becoming Minister of Transport. He is one of the last appointments (January 16, 2013) in the outgoing Cabinet as a Deputy Transport Minister replacing Kamen Kichev, whose post remained vacant for over one year.

Krastev is a former CEO of Wizz Air Bulgaria. His wife was Governor of the Yambol Region and is currently Bulgarian Ambassador to Croatia.

The Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BAS, and its Scientific Secretary, Prof. Nikolay Miloshev, is the caretaker Education Minister.

Prof. Nikolay Petrov is the caretaker Health Minister.

Prominent marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev is the new Sports Minister.

Roman Vasilev will head the brand new Electronic Government Ministry.

Defense expert Todor Tagarev is the caretaker Defense Minister.

Yulian Popov has been named as the country's Environment Minister.

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