Bulgaria's transport minister Alexander Tsvetkov has unexpectedly submitted his resignation, it emerged on Wednesday.

The information was confirmed by Education Minister Sergei Ignatov and Defense Minister Anyu Anguelov, who said the announcement was made earlier in the day by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

The ministers said they are not aware of the motives for Tsvetkov's surprising resignation.

Minister Tsvetkov has submitted his resignation due to personal reasons, according to a short statement by the transport ministry, circulated to the media.

Tsvetkov was appointed Transport Minister at the end of July 2009 right after the new center-right government of Boyko Borisov stepped into office.

Prior to that he was in charge of the transport sector in Sofia municipality during Borisov's term as mayor of the Bulgarian capital.

The news of Tsvetkov's resignation comes just a day after Yane Yanev, leader of the conservative Order, Law and Justice, RZS, party and one of the biggest opponents of the government warned that the Ministers of Transport and Agriculture, Alexander Tsvetkov and Miroslav Naydenov, are due to be dismissed over failure to fulfill their obligations and pre-election scheming.

According to Yanev, the Agriculture Minister would be asked to leave at a later stage, again as part of Prime Minister Borisov's pre-election campaign.

One of the names on Yanev's dismissal list was Vladislav Goranov, Deputy Finance Minister and a key GERB member, who is expected to be promoted to a higher position in the senior administration.

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