Mariya Gabriel
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Mariya Gabriel MEP |
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| European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society | |
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Assumed office 7 July 2017 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by | Andrus Ansip (Acting) |
| Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria |
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In office 14 July 2009 – 6 July 2017 |
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| Personal details | |
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20 May 1979 Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria |
| Political party | GERB |
| Alma mater |
Plovdiv University Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux |
Mariya Ivanova Gabriel (née Nedelcheva; born 20 May 1979) is a Bulgarian politician from Political Party GERB. She has been a Member of the European Parliament in the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP) from 2009 to 2017. She was EPP Group Vice-President in the European Parliament and Head of the Bulgarian Delegation in the EPP Group. Since 2012 she has been Vice-President of EPP Women. On 10 May 2017 Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, announced that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov had nominated her to replace Kristalina Georgieva as Commissioner.
In 1997 Mariya Gabriel graduated from the Dr Petar Beron language high school in Kyustendil. In 2001 she graduated in Bulgarian and French languages at the Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski". She continued her studies at the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux (Institute of Political Studies) in Bordeaux (France), where she studied International Relations, History of the European Institutions, Political Sociology and Comparative Politics. In 2003 she obtained her Master’s degree in ‘Comparative Politics and International Relations’ from the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux.
From 2004 to 2008, Mariya Gabriel was a teaching and research assistant at the Institute of Political Studies in Bordeaux (France). Her teaching assignment was related to the topics of the Decision Making process in the EU, Political Sociology and International Relations. She also participated in two international projects: the European EQUAL Programme 2004-2008 "Values and Economics - equality in professional activities and social economy" and the International research programme "Parliamentary Representation at national and European levels" under the leadership of Olivier Costa.
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