Deputy PM Tomislav Donchev to Be Bulgaria's NCTC Chairman

Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister for European funds and economic policies, will be chairman of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC), the government has decided.

The consultative body, which brings together representatives of Bulgaria’s government, trade unions and employers’ associations, must be headed by a deputy prime minister, according to the country's Labour Code.

Labour and Social Policy Minister Zornitsa Rusinova will replace Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov as a second representative of the cabinet in NCTC, the government said in a statement following a weekly meeting on Wednesday.