Balgarianovinite.com The Bulgarian National Bank’s (BNB) Deputy Govenor Petar Chobanov said that he will not become caretaker prime minister. “The answer is “no”, I don’t think I am currently needed in that role,” he told journalists here on Wednesday after meeting President Iliana Iotova.
Earlier in the day, Iotova met with BNB Governor Dimitar Radev, who also turned down the post, arguing that accepting it would be in violation of European and Bulgarian legislation. It remains for the President to confer with BNB deputy governors Radoslav Milenkov, and Andrey Gurov.
On Thursday, the President will receive Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva and Deputy Ombudsman Maria Filipova. On Friday, Iotova will meet with Bulgarian National Audit Office (BNAO) President Dimitar Glavchev and BNAO Vice Presidents Margarita Nikolova and Silvia Kadreva.
Under Article 99, paragraph 5 of the Constitution, after failure to reach agreement on forming a government, the President, following consultations with the parliamentary groups and on the proposal of the candidate for caretaker prime minister, appoints a caretaker government and schedules new parliamentary elections within two months.
The pool of potential caretaker prime ministers from which the President may choose is limited to the Chairperson of the National Assembly (Raya Nazaryan), the Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (Dimitar Radev, Petar Chobanov, Andrey Gurov and Radoslav Milenkov), the President or a Vice President of the National Audit Office (Dimitar Glavchev, Margarita Nikolova and Silvia Kadreva) and the National Ombudsman (Velislava Delcheva) or the Deputy Ombudsman (Maria Filipova).
In late 2025, then-President Rumen Radev held consultations with parliamentary groups following the resignation of the Rosen Zhelyazkov Cabinet. On January 16, Radev said Bulgaria was heading toward snap parliamentary elections after the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms received and returned the third mandate to form a government. Earlier, the first two exploratory mandates – handed to GERB-UDF and Continue the Change–Democratic Bulgaria – had also been returned.
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