The Bliznashki Government was the ninetieth
cabinet of Bulgaria which took office on 6 August 2014, following the resignation of the
previous government. This cabinet was a
caretaker government
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of
technocrats
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designated to serve only until a new government could be elected with a popular mandate. The government, led by Prime Minister
Georgi Bliznashki
Georgi Petkov Bliznashki ( bg, Георги Петков Близнашки; born 4 October 1956) is a Bulgarian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was a member of the Coalition for Bulgaria, part of the Party ...
, was set up by
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Rosen Plevneliev
Rosen Asenov Plevneliev ( bg, Росен Асенов Плевнелиев ; born 14 May 1964) is a Bulgarian politician who was the 4th President of Bulgaria, holding the position from January 2012 to January 2017. He was the Minister of Region ...
. A new government was formed after the
early parliamentary elections on 5 October 2014.
Cabinet
Medarova appointment and pull out
On 8 August 2014 the president Rosen Plevneliev appointed the
judge
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Krasimira Medarova, a former chief of the Central Election Committee, as the minister responsible for conducting the upcoming parliamentary elections. Two days later, on 10 August 2014, Medarova stepped down due to criticism for her former job as a chief of the Central Election Committee. Bliznashki gave up trying to appoint a separate elections minister, and instead announced that he will personally oversee the organisation of the elections.
Miscellaneous
According to some media sources, this is the first post-1989 cabinet without any known former agents affiliated with the
Committee for State Security.
External links
Cabinet Composition
(Bulgarian)
See also
* History of Bulgaria since 1989
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References
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Bulgarian governments
2014 establishments in Bulgaria