Ekaterina Zaharieva
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4 May 2017 – 12 May 2021
6 August 2014 – 7 November 2014
13 March 2013 – 29 May 2013
4 May 2017 – 12 May 2021
18 December 2015 – 27 January 2017
and Public Works
6 August 2014 – 7 November 2014
13 March 2013 – 29 May 2013
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Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 15 April 2021 | |
Constituency | 13th MMC - Pazardzhik |
(1975-08-08) 8 August 1975 (age 49)
Pazardzhik, PR Bulgaria
- Politician
- lawyer
Ekaterina Spasova Gecheva-Zaharieva (Bulgarian: Екатерина Спасова Гечева-Захариева; born 8 August 1975) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2017 to 2021 and on two occasions from 2013 to 2014. A member of the GERB party, she also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2021, Minister Justice from 2015 to 2017, Minister of Regional Development on two occasions from 2013 to 2014 and is currently a Member of the National Assembly.
Early life and education
Zaharieva was born in Pazardzhik in 1975. She became fluent in German at her local college, then attended the University of Plovdiv where she graduated in law. This was followed by a law master's degree.[1]
Career
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She worked as a lawyer until 2003. She then became a legal Advisor of the Ministry of Environment and Water. Zaharieva became the Director of Legal, Administrative and Regulatoryw Services in 2007.[1]
Entering politics in 2009, she became the Minister of Regional Development to Rosen Plevneliev. When Plevneliev became President of Bulgaria, he chose her for the position of one of the Deputy Prime Ministers from March to May in 2013.[2] She was interim deputy Prime Minister to Marin Raykov in the Bulgarian Cabinet.
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In 2013 she was the Minister of Regional Development.[citation needed] From 18 December 2015 she served as Minister of Justice until 27 January 2017. She became the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria on 4 May 2017.[3]
In August 2024 she was nominated, alongside Julian Popov, by the Bulgarian Government to be the next commissioner in the second von der Leyen Commission. Bulgaria was the only country that have followed Von der Leyen's request to nominate two candidates.
See also
References
- ^ a b Ekaterina Zakharieva, President of the Republic, retrieved January 2014
- ^ Visit of Ekaterina Zakharieva, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development and Public Works, to the EC, March 2013, retrieved January 2014
- ^ "Minister of Foreign Affairs". The Republic of Bulgaria.
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Preceded by Hristo Ivanov | Minister of Justice 2015–2017 | Succeeded by Maria Pavlova |
Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 2017–2021 | Succeeded by |
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