Borisov III government

The Borisov III government took office as the government of Bulgaria on May 4, 2017 . It is a coalition government chaired by Boyko Borisov . The government was formed after the Borissov party GERB won the 2017 general election . However, GERB only won 95 out of 240 seats in the National Assembly and therefore had to form a coalition to govern. Coalition partner is the VP . The government replaces the previous cabinet under Prime Minister Ognjan Gerdschikow .

Cabinet members

Office or department	Official		Political party
Prime Minister		Boyko Borisov	GERB
Deputy Prime Minister		Tomislav Donchev	GERB
Deputy Prime Minister for economics and demographic politics		Valery Simeonov until November 16, 2018	VP
		Marijana Nikolova from November 21, 2018	Non-party (for VP)
Deputy Prime Minister for public order and national security Defense Minister		Krasimir Karakachanov	VP
Deputy Prime Minister for judicial reform Foreign Minister		Ekaterina Sakhareva	Non-party (for GERB)
Finance minister		Vladislav Goranov	GERB
Minister of Justice		Zetska Zacheva until April 5, 2019	GERB
		Danail Kirilov from April 5, 2019	GERB
Interior minister		Mladen Marinow	Non-party (for GERB)
Minister of Health		Nikolay Petrov until November 10, 2017	Non-party
		Kiril Ananiev since November 10, 2017	Non-party (for GERB)
Minister for Education and Science		Krasimir Walchew	Non-party (for GERB)
Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communication		Rosen Scheljaskow	Non-party (for GERB)
Energy minister		Temenuschka Petkowa	Non-party (for GERB)
Minister for Tourism		Nikolina Angelkova	GERB
Minister for Youth and Sport		Krasen Kralew	GERB
Minister responsible for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2018		Liljana Pavlova	GERB
Minister for Regional Development and Public Works		Petya Avramova	Non-party (for GERB)
Economics Minister		Emil Karanikolow	Non-party (for VP)
Minister for Labor and Social Policy		Biser Petkow until December 3, 2019	GERB
		Denitsa Sacheva	Non-party
Minister for Environment and Water Resources		Neno Dimow	Non-party (for VP)
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry		Rumen Poroshanov until May 15, 2019	GERB
		Desislawa Tanewa from May 15, 2019	GERB
Minister of Culture		Boil Banow	Non-party (for VP)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Esther King: Bulgaria gets caretaker government ahead of March election. January 25, 2017, accessed May 14, 2020 . 
2. ↑ DER SPIEGEL: Bulgaria: Boiko Borissow elected Prime Minister - DER SPIEGEL - Politics. Retrieved May 14, 2020 . 
3. ↑ mdr.de: Bulgaria: Mothers fight for disabled children | MDR.DE. Retrieved May 14, 2020 . 
4. ↑ DENITSA SACHEVA - Minister of Labor and Social Policy. Retrieved May 15, 2020 . 
5. ^ Bulgaria Minister Resigns after Arrest Over Water Crisis. In: Balkan Insight. January 10, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020 (American English). 
6. ↑ Bulgarian PM Borissov accepts resignation of Agriculture Minister Porozhanov. In: The Sofia Globe. May 14, 2019, accessed May 15, 2020 (American English). 
7. ↑ suman: The “light” approach of Bulgaria to food supplies. In: New Europe. April 17, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020 (American English). 
8. ↑ BOIL BANOV - Minister of Culture. Retrieved May 14, 2020 (English).