European Commission / European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Bulgarian nationality. Married with one child.
Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society
2017 – Present
Vice-President of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, responsible for Enlargement and Mediterranean Policy
2014 - 2017
Member of the European Parliament, representing EPP/GERB
2014 – 2017
Chief observer of the EU election observation mission in Gabon
2016
Chief of the EU Election Follow-up Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
2014
Member of the European Parliament, representing EPP/GERB
2009 – 2014
Chief observer of the EU election observation mission in Democratic republic of Congo
2011
Parliamentary secretary to MEPs from GERB political party within the EPP Group
2008 - 2009
ATER (Attaché Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche) in IEP Institute for Political Studies, Bordeaux, France
2004 – 2008
Master in Comparative Politics and International Relations PhD Academy for Political Science, Bordeaux, France
2002 – 2003
Certificate in Political Science IEP Institute for Political Studies, Bordeaux, France
2001 – 2002
B.A. in Bulgarian and French Languages in Paisii Hilendarski Plovdiv University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1997 – 2001
Degree Secondary French Language School Dr. Petar Beron, Kyustendil, Bulgaria
1997