site.btaUPDATED Parliament Establishes Standing Committees, Approves Members

On Thursday, MPs established the following standing parliamentary committees and approved their members:

Committee on Economic Policy, Investment and Industry, chaired by Stefan Belchev (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Legal Affairs, chaired by Yanka Tyankova (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Budget and Finance, chaired by Konstantin Prodanov (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Defence, chaired by Ivan Lalov (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Internal Security and Public Order, chaired by Petar Todorov (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee for Oversight of the Security Services, the Application and Use of Special Intelligence Means, and Access to Data under the Electronic Communications Act, chaired by Rumen Milanov (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Foreign Policy, chaired by Petar Vitanov (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of European Funds, chaired by Galin Durev (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Energy, chaired by Rumyana Petrova (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Regional Policy, Public Works and Local Self-Government, chaired by Martin Zhlyabinkov (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Agriculture, Food and Forestry, chaired by Yavor Gechev (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Transport and Communications, chaired by Yordan Ivanov (Democratic Bulgaria);

Committee on Labour, Demographic and Social Policy, chaired by Venko Sabrutev (Continue the Change);

Committee on Healthcare, chaired by Kostadin Angelov (GERB–UDF);

Committee on Environment and Water, chaired by Halil Letifov (Movement for Rights and Freedoms);

Committee on Culture and Media, chaired by Anton Kutev (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Education and Science, chaired by Dimitar Zdravkov (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Youth and Sports, chaired by Petar Stoychev (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Innovation and Digital Transformation, chaired by Tomislav Donchev (GERB–UDF);

Committee on Direct Citizen Participation, chaired by Alexander Simidchiev (Democratic Bulgaria);

Committee on Policies for Bulgarians Abroad, chaired by Angel Georgiev (Vazrazhdane);

Committee on Countering Corruption, chaired by Dimitar Balev (Progressive Bulgaria);

Committee on Human Rights, Religions, and Citizens’ Complaints, chaired by Atidzhe Alieva-Veli (Movement for Rights and Freedoms);

Committee on Tourism, chaired by Rositsa Kirova (GERB–UDF).