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Tsvetlin Yovchev, Bulgarian Interior Minister and Deputy PM. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria’s Parliament approved Thursday the appointment of two new Deputy Prime Ministers.
Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev and Daniela Bobeva, who will be in charge of economy and investments in the Cabinet, were approved by 112 MPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.
The ultranationalist Ataka abstained from voting.
Bulgaria now has a total of three Deputy Prime Ministers. Justice Minister Zinaida Zlatanova was named Deputy PM at the end of May.
PM Plamen Oresharski’s socialist-led government has been struggling to stay in power, with massive protests staged in Sofia and other cities for two weeks now.
The peaceful anti-government demonstrations in Bulgaria were triggered by the appointment of notorious media mogul Delyan Peevski as Chair of the State Agency for National Security (DANS).
The decision was eventually reversed, yet protesters went on to demand the resignation of the socialist-led government over ties with oligarchs, an end to opaque policies, and Election Code amendments aimed at guaranteeing a greater representation of Bulgarian citizens in the government.
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