1. Mariya Ivanova Gabriel is a Bulgarian and European politician, president of the Robert Schuman Institute.
24 Facts About Mariya Gabriel
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Mariya Gabriel served as Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2023 to 2024.
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Mariya Gabriel 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.
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Ms Gabriel left with a mixed record and reputation in Brussels.
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Mariya Gabriel was born on 20 May 1979 in Hadzhidimovo, Blagoevgrad Province.
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Mariya Gabriel continued her studies at the Institut d'etudes politiques de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, where she obtained a master's degree in 'Comparative Politics and International Relations'.
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From 2004 to 2008, Mariya Gabriel was a teaching and research assistant at the Institute of Political Studies in Bordeaux.
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Mariya Gabriel's teaching assignment was related to the topics of the Decision-Making process in the EU, Political Sociology and International Relations.
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From 2014 to 2017, Mariya Gabriel was vice-president of the EPP Group and Head of the Bulgarian delegation in the EPP Group.
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Mariya Gabriel followed closely topics related to FRONTEX and the Entry-Exit System of the EU.
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Mariya Gabriel was a negotiator of the EPP Group on a regular basis for resolutions related to human rights violations, democracy and the rule of law.
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Mariya Gabriel upheld the need for improved consistency of the foreign and internal policies of the EU, conflict prevention and conflict resolution, migration and security, economic links, and development policy.
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From 2012 until 2014 Mariya Gabriel was a coordinator of the EPP Group in the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee.
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Mariya Gabriel was the rapporteur of the European Parliament on the proposed Women on Boards directive.
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From 2014 to 2017, Mariya Gabriel was President of the Working Group on Apiculture and Bee Health.
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Mariya Gabriel worked on the Danube Strategy as a strategically important topic for the EU.
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From 2009 Mariya Gabriel was an active member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, which brings together parliamentarians from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union.
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In 2016 Mariya Gabriel led the EU Election Observation Mission for the presidential elections in Gabon.
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On 10 May 2017 Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, announced that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov had nominated Mariya Gabriel to replace Kristalina Georgieva as Commissioner.
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In 2019, Ursula von der Leyen nominated Mariya Gabriel to be European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.
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However, while DPS and ITN signaled their willingness to support an "expert cabinet" headed by Mariya Gabriel, BSP expressed reservations about supporting such a cabinet, thus increasing the difficulty of finding a majority excluding PP-DB.
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Unofficial contact between the two parties, specifically between Denkov and Mariya Gabriel, did however continue.
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Bulgaria's anti-corruption commission was tipped off that Mariya Gabriel rented a municipal housing in October 2010 while she was a MEP.
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Mariya Gabriel failed to disclose the discount in her declaration of interests in 2012 and 2014, which she was required to complete as a Member of the European Parliament.