Notorious MP Appointed to Head Bulgaria's National Health Fund

Up to now, Tsekov has been vice-chair of the parliamentary Committee on Health, as well as chair of the group for friendship with Switzerland. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian ruling GERB party MP Plamen Tsekov has been expectedly selected by the parliament to become the next head of Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund.

On Thursday, a total of 115 lawmakers voted in favor of Tsekov's appointment, while only 2 opposed it and 13 abstained from voting.

Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund former director, Neli Nesheva, resigned in the wake of a resonating scandal with sizeable bonuses being given within her institution, including to herself.

Up to now, Tsekov has been vice-chair of the parliamentary Committee on Health, as well as chair of the group for friendship with Switzerland.

Plamen Tsekov gained notoriety back in 2010, when he had to leave as Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Health Committee after a lobbyist scandal involving an amendment to the Law on Drug Substances which appeared in the State Gazette without the President's signature or a vote on the part of Parliament.

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