Andrey KOVATCHEV - MEP

Andrey KOVATCHEV

Country: Bulgaria

Party: Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1967.  Sofia. Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), University of Saarland, Germany, 1998. 2007 - Deputy Chairman Foreign Policy and European Affairs Commission, PP GERB. 2004-2009 - Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam. 2002-2004 - Territory Manager for Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Byelorussia, Russia, John Deere International GmbH, Schaffhausen. 1998-2002 - Sales Director for Bulgaria, Tetra Laval Group, Hamburg. 1998 - MEP trainee, EU-Enlargement - adoption of the acquis communautaire and Energy policy, EP Brussels, 1992-1997 - Academic assistant, University of Saarland, Germany.English, German, French, Russian, Spanish. MEP since 2009.

My Positions in Parliament:

  • Member - Intergroup on Sky and Space
  • Member - Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)
  • Member - Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural Routes
  • Member - Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital
  • Member - Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
  • Member - ACP
  • Member - Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Member - European Parliament
  • Substitute - Southeast Asia, ASEAN
  • Substitute - Human Rights
  • Substitute - International Trade
  • Substitute - Foreign Affairs

My Positions in the group:

  • Chair - Enlargement, Western Balkans, Southern Neighbourhood, Euromed
  • Head of National Delegation - EPP Group Bureau
  • Member - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
  • Member - EPP Group Heads of National Delegation

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Addresses

BRU:

SPINELLI 08F265 (ALTIERO SPINELLI)
Parlement européen
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles / Brussel

+32 (0)2 28 45662

BRU:

SPINELLI 08F265 (ALTIERO SPINELLI)
Parlement européen
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles / Brussel

+32 (0)2 28 38662

STR:

WEISS T09007 (LOUISE WEISS)
Parlement européen
Allée du Printemps
BP 1024/F
F-67070 Strasbourg cedex

+33 (0)3 88 1 75662