Top two parliamentary groups unveil second-mandate cabinet proposal

The two largest parliamentary groups in the incumbent National Assembly, Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) and GERB-UDF, on Friday unveiled the line-up of a cabinet they propose under the second cabinet-forming mandate that CC-DB prime minister designate Nikolay Denkov received on May 29.

Denkov and Mariya Gabriel of GERB-UDF will rotate as prime minister and deputy prime minister over a nine-month period, starting with Denkov.

Here is the proposed cabinet line-up:

Prime Minister: Nikolay Denkov
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mariya Gabriel
Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds and Minister of Finance: Assen Vassilev
Minister of Interior: Kalin Stoyanov
Minister of Defence: Todor Tagarev
Minister of Environment and Water: Julian Popov
Minister of Energy: Rumen Radev
Minister of Regional Development and Public Works: Andrey Tsekov
Minister of Agriculture and Food: Kiril Vatev
Minister of Economy and Industry: Bogdan Bogdanov
Minister of Innovation and Growth: Milena Stoycheva
Minister of Labour and Social Policy: Ivanka Shalapatova
Minister of Justice: Atanas Slavov
Minister of Health: Hristo Hinkov
Minister of Education and Science: Galin Tsokov
Minister of Tourism: Zaritsa Dimkova
Minister of Transport and Communications: Georgi Gvozdeykov
Minister of Electronic Governance: Alexander Yolovski
Minister of Culture: Krastyu Krastev
Minister of Youth and Sports: Dimitar Iliev

President Rumen Radev will receive Denkov at 11 a.m. on Monday at the end of the week-long time limit for the fulfilment of a cabinet-forming mandate that Radev handed Denkov on May 29, the head of State's Press Secretariat said on Friday.