He will head a cabinet that includes representatives from the centrist National Movement Simeon II (NMS-II) of outgoing Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, as well as from the predominantly ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF).
Stanişev, görev süresi sona eren Başbakan Simeon Saxe-Coburg'un merkezci 2. Simeon Ulusal Hareketi (NMS-II) ve etnik Türk baskın karakterli Haklar ve Özgürlükler Hareketi (MRF) temsilcilerinden oluşan bir kabineye başkanlık edecek.