Oresharski Government

Oresharski Government
89 cabinet of Bulgaria
Date formed	29 May 2013
Date dissolved	6 August 2014
People and organisations
Head of government	Plamen Oresharski
Deputy head of government	See list Zinaida Zlatanova (Justice) Daniela Bobeva (Economy) Tsvetlin Yovchev(Interior)
Head of state	Rosen Plevneliev
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.^[1] Outside support to the Oresharski government is also given by nationalist party Ataka.^[2]

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.^[3] The reasons for these protests were largely the controversial appointment of media mogul Delyan Peevski as a chief of the National Security State Agency.^[4] The protests have ended with the government's resignation.

Cabinet

Original Composition

Changes in June 2013

On 27 June, Tsvetlin Iovchev (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 Mikhailova steps down as minister of the environment and is succeeded by Stanislav Anastasov (DPS).

Votes of confidence

The government survived three vote of 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.^[8]

In all, the government survived 5 votes of no-confidence before voluntarily resigning.^[9]

Resignation

Following an agreement from the three largest parties (GERB, BSP and DPS) to hold early parliamentary elections for 5 October 2014,^[10] the cabinet was to resign by the end of July.^[11]

On Wednesday 23 July, Oresharski's government submitted its resignation.^[12] The next day parliament voted 180-8 (8 abstained and 44 were absent) to accept the government's resignation.^[13] Following the vote, President Plevneliev offered the mandate to GERB to try and form government, but it was refused.^[14] The next day the BSP returned the mandate as well.^[15] On 30 July, the DPS refused the mandate as well.^[16] Finally, on 6 August, a caretaker government led by Georgi Bliznashki was sworn into office and the Oresharski government was officially dissolved.

See also

• 2013–14 Bulgarian protests against the Oresharski cabinet
• History of Bulgaria since 1989

References

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