Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Nikolay Vassilev was ranked first in the poll "The Most Efficient Economy Minister" of the online news provider novinite.com. 61% from the participants in the poll voted for Vassilev, followed by his predecessors Alexander Bozhkov with 22% and Petur Zhotev with 17% of the votes. In July, 2001, Nikolay Vassilev was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister in the Government of Simeon Saxe-Coburg. In the summer of 2002 he resigned from his position Head of Central and Eastern European research at Lazard Capital Markets, London in order to take office in the Cabinet. Readers of novinite.com from Bulgaria, US, Canada, Turkey, France, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Israel, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Estonia, Switzerland and Denmark cast their votes in the poll of novinite.com. Follow novinite.com to vote or see the results of the next question starting tomorrow: " Should Bulgaria close N-plant in Kozloduy?"