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The Council of Ministers building in central Sofia

The Council of Ministers (Bulgarian: Министерски съвет, Ministerski savet) is the main authority of the executive power in the Republic of Bulgaria. It consists of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria and all the specialized ministers.

After the compositions of the Council of Ministers is decided by the newly-elected government, the deputies who are chosen to become ministers temporarily lose their deputy rights while being ministers. These rights are restored in case they are released from the Council of Ministers or the government falls from power. This is in contrast to how deputy ministers and other government officials are treated when they were elected as deputies.

Sometimes, with the purpose of preserving the political representation of different parties or groups in the Council of Ministers, one or more ministers without portfolio (lacking a ministry of their own) may be appointed.

The Council of Ministers office is located in central Sofia and is part of The Largo architectural ensemble.

[edit] Structure

This is a list of the current (as of 2007) ministries of the government of Bulgaria:

Prime minister Sergey Stanishev (BSP)

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Bulgaria) - led by Nihat Kabil (MRF)
Ministry of Culture (Bulgaria) - led by Stefan Danailov (BSP)
Ministry of Defence (Bulgaria) - led by Veselin Bliznakov (NMSII)
Ministry of Economy and Energy (Bulgaria) - led by Petar Dimitrov (BSP)
Ministry of Education and Science (Bulgaria) - led by Daniel Valchev (NMSII), deputy PM
Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria) - led by Djevdet Chakarov (MRF)
Ministry of European Intergation (Bulgaria) - led by Gergana Grancharova (NMSII)
Ministry of Finance (Bulgaria) - led by Plamen Oresharski (non-aligned)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria) - led by Ivaylo Kalfin (BSP), deputy PM
Ministry of Health (Bulgaria) - led by Radoslav Gaydarski (BSP)
Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria) - led by Rumen Petkov (BSP)
Ministry of Justice (Bulgaria) - led by Miglena Tacheva (NMSII)
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (Bulgaria) - led by Emilia Maslarova (BSP)
Ministry of Regional Development (Bulgaria) - led by Asen Gagauzov (BSP)
Ministry of Sate Administration and Administrative Reform (Bulgaria) - led by Nikolai Vasilev (NMSII)
Ministry of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents (Bulgaria) - led by Emel Etem Toshkova (MRF), deputy PM
Ministry of Transport (Bulgaria) - led by Petar Mutafchiev (BSP)