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Oresharski Government
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89 Cabinet of Bulgaria
Date formed 29 May 2013
Date dissolved 6 August 2014
People and organisations
Head of state Rosen Plevneliev
Head of government Plamen Oresharski
Deputy head of government
Member parties Bulgarian Socialist Party
Movement for Rights and Freedoms
Status in legislature Coalition
History
Election(s) 2013
Incoming formation Government formation
Outgoing formation Resignation
Predecessor Raykov Government (Provisional)
Successor Bliznashki Government (Provisional)

The Oresharski Government was the eighty-ninth cabinet of Bulgaria which took office on 29 May 2013. The government, led by Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, is one of technocrats created following the 2013 election. The cabinet was dissolved on 6 August 2014 to make way for a caretaker government that would lead Bulgaria through early elections in October of the same year.

Formation

After President Rosen Plevneliev invited the Bulgarian Socialist Party to form a government, the BSP nominated Plamen Oresharski to head the government and was joined by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. The Council of Ministers was approved by the 120 members of the BSP and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, while GERB's 97 MPs voted against the government and Ataka's 23 MPs were absent from the session. Outside support to the Oresharski government is also given by nationalist party Ataka.

Only two weeks after its initial formation the government came under criticism and had to deal with country-wide protests by the citizens, with those in Sofia reaching up to 11 000 participants. The reasons for these protests were largely the controversial appointment of media mogul Delyan Peevski as a chief of the National Security State Agency. The protests have ended with the government's resignation.

Cabinet

Original Composition

Ministry Minister Party
Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski Independent
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Justice
(also in charge of EU funds absorption)
Zinaida Zlatanova Independent
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy Daniela Bobeva Independent
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Interior Tsvetlin Yovchev Independent
Minister of Finance Petar Chobanov Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristian Vigenin BSP
Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Danail Papazov Independent
Ministry of Education, Youth and Science Aneliya Klisarova BSP
Minister of Health Tanya Andreeva Independent
Minister of Youth and Sports Mariana Georgieva DPS
Minister of Defence Angel Naydenov BSP
Minister of Culture Petar Stoyanovich Independent
Minister of Environment Iskra Mihaylova DPS
Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Dragomir Stoynev BSP
Minister of Labor and Social Policy Hassan Ademov DPS
Minister of Regional Development Desislava Terzieva Independent
Minister of Agriculture and Food Dimitar Grekov Independent
Minister of Investment Projects Ivan Danov Independent

Changes in June 2013

On 27 June, Tsvetlin Yovchev (BSP) is appointed as deputy Prime Minister, and Daniela Bobeva (BSP) is appointed deputy Prime Minister and minister of economic development.

Changes in June 2014

Following her recent election to the European Parliament, Iskra Mihaylova steps down as minister of the environment and is succeeded by Stanislav Anastasov (DPS).

Votes of no-confidence

The government survived three vote of no-confidences as of early 2014. The third vote was tabled by the opposition due to alleged mismanaging of refugees from the Syrian civil war and a failure to curb crime. Out of 217 voting MPs, the governing coalition voted to support the administration with 116 votes.

In all, the government survived 5 votes of no-confidence before voluntarily resigning.

Resignation

Following an agreement from the three largest parties (GERB, BSP and DPS) to hold early parliamentary elections for 5 October 2014, the cabinet was to resign by the end of July.

On Wednesday 23 July, Oresharski's government submitted its resignation. The next day parliament voted 180–8 (8 abstained and 44 were absent) to accept the government's resignation. Following the vote, President Plevneliev offered the mandate to GERB to try and form government, but it was refused. The next day the BSP returned the mandate as well. On 30 July, the DPS refused the mandate as well. Finally, on 6 August, a caretaker government led by Georgi Bliznashki was sworn into office and the Oresharski government was officially dissolved.

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