site.btaNataliya Efremova Assumes Office as Labour Minister

Nataliya Efremova officially took over the post of Minister of Labor and Social Policy from outgoing caretaker minister Hasan Ademov. The ceremony took place at the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

Ademov handed Efremova a folder containing nine tasks and proposals for continuing and expanding social policies. He noted that the Ministry had undertaken the task of helping in the effort to ensure fair, transparent, and just elections. “The second task we set for ourselves was to use the opportunities provided by European solidarity to support the most vulnerable citizens,” the caretaker minister said.

Ademov thanked the entire team of the social ministry for their joint work. “We managed to raise the bar high, and I hope that Mrs Nataliya Efremova will be a high jumper capable of clearing that high bar,” he commented. According to him, the expectations of Bulgarian citizens are high, but in the social system things cannot always happen quickly.

Hasan Ademov stressed that Nataliya Efremova has the necessary expertise to take on the position of minister and wished her success.

“There is no greater challenge than Dr. Ademov raising the bar for me and me trying to jump over it,” Minister Efremova said with tears in her eyes. Turning to the employees of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, she added: “I will certainly be able to make the jump only with you, I will not succeed alone. You are the best.”

“The social system is not a place for political experiments and it will be managed together with my team in the best possible way, so that the people who need support the most will receive it,” Efremova assured.

As a new element in the work of the ministry, Efremova said she would introduce what she called an “inclusive policy.” She explained: “Recently, I was given the book “Why Nations Fail” as a gift. The summary said that when there is no inclusive policy that engages the interests of all stakeholders, nations cannot prosper.”