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
- Member of the Committees AFET, LIBE, FEMM
- Member of the Delegation to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP- EU, Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean, Delegation for relations with the Maghreb and the Arab Maghreb Union, Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula
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
- EPP Group coordinator for the Committee FEMM
- Member of the Committees AGRI, LIBE, PETI, CRIM
- Member of the Delegation to the joint parliamentary assembly ACP-EU
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