Bulgaria sets early vote for March 26, ex-parliament speaker to be interim PM

[WorldNews]

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By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's president on Tuesday called an early national election for March 26 and appointed former parliament speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov as caretaker prime minister until then. Kiril Ananiev, 61, currently a deputy finance minister in charge of budgets, will take over as finance minister, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Ananiev is seen as a safe pair of hands, having served as deputy finance minister in five different governments.

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