The cabinet was dissolved on 6 August 2014 to make way for a caretaker government that would lead Bulgaria through early elections in October of the same year.

[3] The reasons for these protests were largely the controversial appointment of media mogul Delyan Peevski as a chief of the National Security State Agency.

Following her recent election to the European Parliament, Iskra Mihaylova steps down as minister of the environment and is succeeded by Stanislav Anastasov (DPS).

The third vote was tabled by the opposition due to alleged mismanaging of refugees from the Syrian civil war and a failure to curb crime.

[9] Following an agreement from the three largest parties (GERB, BSP and DPS) to hold early parliamentary elections for 5 October 2014,[10] the cabinet was to resign by the end of July.