Former Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov was appointed by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev as Prime Minister ad interim.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev dissolved the 43rd National Assembly less than 2.5 years after convening for its first session and set March 26 as the date for the next early election.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), which backed Radev's presidential candidacy, had expressed preference for March 26 as an election date, while Boyko Borisov's conservatives, GERB, had insisted on April 02 as a better option.
The motley Bulgarian 43rd Parliament ended its last session on January 26. It hardly will be remembered for its achievements, but for its controversial decisions such as the change of the electoral system and its failure to pass a new anti-corruption law for roughly two years.