Mariya Gabriel
Mariya Gabriel | |
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Мария Габриел | |
Gabriel in 2023 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria | |
| In office 6 June 2023 – 9 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Nikolai Denkov |
| Preceded by | Atanas Pekanov |
| Succeeded by | Lyudmila Petkova |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 June 2023 – 9 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Nikolai Denkov |
| Preceded by | Ivan Kondov |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Dimitrov |
| European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth | |
| In office 1 December 2019 – 15 May 2023 | |
| President | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Preceded by | Tibor Navracsics |
| Succeeded by | Iliana Ivanova |
| European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society | |
| In office 7 July 2017 – 30 November 2019 | |
| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by | Günther Oettinger |
| Succeeded by | Margrethe Vestager |
| Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria | |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 6 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Mladenov |
| Succeeded by | Asim Ademov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mariya Ivanova Nedelcheva 20 May 1979 Hadzhidimovo, PR Bulgaria |
| Political party | GERB |
| Other political affiliations | European People's Party |
| Spouse |
François Gabriel (m. 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Plovdiv University (BA) Institute of Political Studies, Bordeaux (MA) |
| Occupation |
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Mariya Ivanova Gabriel (Bulgarian: Мария Иванова Габриел, née Nedelcheva, Bulgarian: Неделчева, born 20 May 1979) is a Bulgarian and European politician, president of the Robert Schuman Institute. She served as Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2023 to 2024. A member of the GERB party, she previously served as European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth from 2019 to 2023, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society from 2017 to 2019 and Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2017.
In the European Parliament she served as vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) group, vice-president of EPP Women and head of the Bulgarian EPP delegation. She was first appointed to the European Commission in 2017 as European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society to fill a spot left vacant by the departure of Kristalina Georgieva. Ms Gabriel left with a mixed record and reputation in Brussels. In particular, she struggled to realize a €415 billion plan to make the EU a global tech hub.
On 22 May 2023, a coalition of GERB and We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) agreed to form a government with two rotating prime ministers, Nikolai Denkov and Gabriel.