Government of Bulgaria

Government of Bulgaria
Министерски съвет
Central government
Overview
Established	5 July 1879 (1879-07-05)
State	Bulgaria
Leader	Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Appointed by	National Assembly of Bulgaria
Responsible to	National Assembly of Bulgaria
Headquarters	The Largo Sofia
Website	https://www.government.bg/en

The Council of Ministers building in central Sofia

The Council of Ministers (Bulgarian: Министерски съвет, Ministerski savet) is the main authority of the executive power in the Republic of Bulgaria. It consists of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria and all the specialized ministers.

Overview

After the compositions of the Council of Ministers is decided by the newly elected government, the deputies who are chosen to become ministers temporarily lose their deputy rights while being ministers. These rights are restored in case they are released from the Council of Ministers or the government falls from power. This is in contrast to how deputy ministers and other government officials are treated when they are elected as deputies.

Sometimes, with the purpose of preserving the political representation of different parties or groups in the Council of Ministers, one or more ministers without portfolio (lacking a ministry of own) may be appointed.

The Council of Ministers office is in central Sofia and is part of the Largo architectural ensemble.

Structure of the Cabinet

On August 2, 2022, President Rumen Radev appointed an interim Government. The composition of the Government is as follows:

Ministry
Prime Minister	Galab Donev	non-partisan
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of social policies and Minister of Labour and Social Policies	Lazar Lazarov	non-partisan
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of managing of the European funds	Atanas Pekanov	non-partisan
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of public order and security and Minister of Interior	Ivan Demerdzhiev	non-partisan
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Nikolay Milkov	non-partisan
Minister of Finance	Rositsa Velkova-Zheleva	non-partisan
Minister of Defence	Dimitar Stoyanov	non-partisan
Minister of Justice	Krum Zarkov	BSP
Minister of Regional Development and Public Works	Ivan Shishkov	non-partisan
Minister of Economy and Industry	Nikola Stoyanov	non-partisan
Minister of Energy	Rosen Hristov	non-partisan
Minister of Environment and Water	Rositsa Karamfilova-Blagova	non-partisan
Minister of Agriculture	Yavor Gechev	BSP
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic policies and Minister of Transport and Communications	Hristo Aleksiev	non-partisan
Minister of Education and Science	Sasho Penov	non-partisan
Minister of Health	Asen Medzhidiev	non-partisan
Minister of Culture	Velislav Minekov	non-partisan
Minister of Tourism	Ilin Dimitrov	non-partisan
Minister of Innovations and Growth	Aleksandar Pulev	non-partisan
Minister of Electronic Management	Georgi Todorov	non-partisan
Minister of Youth and Sports	Vesela Lecheva	BSP

External links

• Council of Ministers official website (in English) (in Bulgarian)