Born in 1971 in Varna, Bulgaria. Graduated in Law at the University of Economics-Varna in 1997 and in Public and Regional Administration at the Varna Free University in 2006. Currently doing a Ph.D. in Civil and Family Law at the New Bulgarian University. Lawyer since 1999. Member of Varna City Council where he chaired the GERB Group and the Legal Affairs Committee from 2007-2009. Member of the 41st and 42nd National Assembly (Legal Affairs Committee, Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of European Funds, Anti-Corruption and Conflict of Interests Committee) from 2009-2014. MEP since 2014.