COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

The Council of Ministers "governs and executes the internal and foreign policy in conformity with the Constitution and the laws". The Council of Ministers consists of a Prime Minister, deputy prime ministers, and ministers.

The Prime Minister governs and coordinates the general policy of the cabinet and bears the responsibility for it. He/she appoints and dismisses the deputy ministers.

The structure and organization of the Council of Minister's activity and administration are determined by special regulations. The administration is managed by a Chief Secretary, who also controls the budget of the Council of Ministers. Functional departments and services are created, re-organized, and closed down by order of the Prime Minister. The administration drafts prepares for acceptance the cabinet's statutory acts. Currently there are three main functional departments: Legal department, Economy department, Department on European Integration.

Budget

1995 411.574 mln. BGL

1996 480.840 mln. BGL (506.120 mln. BGL)

Address: 1 Dondukov Blvd, 1194 Sofia; phone +3592-8501

Members of the Bulgarian government (Elected May 1997)

Mr Ivan Yordanov KOSTOV Prime Minister

Mr Aleksandar Dimov BOZHKOV Vice Prime Minister

Mr Evgeniy Stefanov BAKARDJIEV Vice Prime Minister

Mr Veselin METODIEV Petrov Vice Prime Minister

Mr Bogomil Angelov BONEV Minister of Interior

Mr Muravey Georgiev RADEV Minister of Finance

Mr Aleksandar Dimov BOZHKOV Minister of Industry