site.btaPM Appoints 18 Deputy Ministers

Eighteen deputy ministers were appointed Friday to the Rumen Radev Cabinet by a prime ministerial order, said the government press service. Nikolay Koprinkov has been named head of the political cabinet of the Prime Minister.

Following are the 18 deputy ministers:

• Metodi Valeriev Metodiev: Deputy Minister of Finance
• Atanas Yanchev Maznev: Deputy Minister of Innovation and Digital Transformation
• Mira Slavcheva Yosifova: Deputy Minister of Innovation and Digital Transformation
• Galya Ivanova Alexandrova: Deputy Minister of Health
• Lyubomira Gancheva Gancheva: Deputy Minister of Energy
• Kiril Rumenov Temelkov: Deputy Minister of Energy
• Polya Svetlinova Zaneva-Dimitrova: Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works
• Asya Dimitrova Pandzherova: Deputy Minister of Education and Science
• Nadya Spasova Klisurska-Zhekova: Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy
• Mihaela Georgieva Karadimova: Deputy Minister of Economy, Investments and Industry
• Kaloyan Ivanov Miltenov: Deputy Minister of Interior
• Hristina Simeonova Velinova: Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications
• Ivanka Todorova Tasheva: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Atanas Petrov Kostadinov: Deputy Minister of Environment and Water
• Ivan Petrov Paligorov: Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food
• Katerina Vladimirova Gramatikova: Deputy Minister of Defence
• Mariela Todorova Modeva: Deputy Minister of Tourism
• Plamen Vasilev Slavov: Deputy Minister of Culture.

The Cabinet of Rumen Radev was elected and sworn in earlier on Friday in a 122-70 vote and 36 abstentions. It has a  Prime Minister, four Deputy Prime Ministers and 18 ministers.