Stanishev Government
Original Composition

Stanishev Government

Section Title: Original Composition
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Ministry	Minister	Party

Prime Minister	Sergei Stanishev	BSP

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ivaylo Kalfin	BSP

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Science	Daniel Valchev	NDSV

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Disaster Management Policy	Emel Etem Toshkova	DPS

Minister of Finance	Plamen Oresharski	Independent

Minister of Interior	Rumen Petkov	BSP

Minister of Defence	Veselin Bliznakov	NDSV

Minister of Justice	Georgi Petkanov	NDSV

Minister of Economy and Energy	Rumen Ovcharov	BSP

Minister of Public Administration and Administrative Reform	Nikolay Vassilev	NDSV

Minister of Transport	Petar Mutafchiev	BSP

Minister of Regional Development and Public Works	Asen Gagauzov	BSP

Minister of Environment and Water	Dzhevdet Chakarov	DPS

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	Nihat Kabil	DPS

Minister of Labour and Social Policy	Emilia Maslarova	BSP

Minister of Health	Radoslav Gaydarski	BSP

Minister of Culture	Stefan Danailov	BSP

Minister of European Affairs	Meglena Kuneva	NDSV

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Veselin Bliznakov of NDSV was the Minister of Defence.

final_sentence: Veselin Bliznakov of NDSV was the Minister of Defence.