Andrey Novakov

MEP
Andrey Novakov
Андрей Новаков
Novakov in 2024
Member of the European Parliament
for Bulgaria
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 November 2014
Preceded byTomislav Donchev
Personal details
BornAndrey Grishev Novakov
(1988-07-07) 7 July 1988 (age 38)
Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
PartyBulgaria Bulgaria: GERB
European Union EU: EPP
Spouse
Tatyana Novakova
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(m. 2017; div. 2023)​
Children1
EducationSouth-West University
Profession
  • Politician
Websitewww.andreynovakov.eu

Andrey Grishev Novakov (Bulgarian: Андрей Гришев Новаков; born 7 July 1988) is a Bulgarian politician who is currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament. A member of the GERB party, which is affiliated with the European People's Party on a European level, he was previously a leader of a youth wing of his party.

His work is concentrated in four priorities: EU funding instruments and simplification of EU funding, European Fund for Strategic Investments, youth employment (Youth Guarantee), EU Budget and Budgetary control. Novakov is the initiator and creator of the programme for youth entrepreneurship ALECO. He replaces Tomislav Donchev, who became vice-prime minister in the second government of GERB in Bulgaria. Novakov is a member of the Committee on Regional Development, substitute member of the Committee on Budgets and Committee on budgetary control. He is a laureate of the Forbes magazine, being ranked 30 under 30 for most successful young people in Politics section.

On 4 June 2015, Novakov was elected co-chairman of the Commission on Sustainable Development in the scope of EUROLAT. On 6 October, the European Parliament approves his report, as a result of which Bulgaria receives financial assistance amounting to €6,377,000 to cope with the consequences of floods and the severe winter in the same year.

Novakov is also an author of the report for the allocation of €380,000 for technical assistance to the largest EU fund in support of people who have lost their job – the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund.

Early life

Born in Pazardzhik, Novakov acquired a master's degree in law and specialized in the field of legal sciences in 2014. Later that November, he also specialised in the United States of America within a program for young leaders from around the world, which included a placement in the US State Department and the Pentagon.

From 2008 to 2011, Novakov was President of the Student Parliament in the Faculty of Law and History of South-West University "Neofit Rilski" where he was re-elected for a second term. Afterwards, Novakov was elected a deputy chairman of the largest student organization in Europe, European Democrat Students. The following year, in 2012, he was the only deputy chairman to be re-elected to his post. As a President of the Student Parliament, Novakov became a member of the GERB political party in Blagoevgrad.

Political career

Novakov is also a member of the European Internet Forum.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Andrey Novakov". European Parliament. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "List of work priorities in the European Parliament". Believe in People. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Andrey Novakov". 2016.gemorg.bg. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016.
  4. ↑ ЕП одобри помощта за компенсиране на щетите от наводненията у нас [European Parliament approved the financial help for recover after the floods in Bulgaria]. BNR News (in Bulgarian). 6 October 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  5. ↑ 380 хиляди евро за техническа помощ при безработица, по одобреният доклад на Андрей Новаков [The Andrey Novakov report: 380,000€ allocated by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for technical assistance in support of people who have lost their job]. GERB-EPP.info (in Bulgarian). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Andrey Novakov". europa-nu.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Krusteva, Kristina (20 September 2015). Като ученик най-младият евродепутат Андрей Новаков бил общ работник на плажа [As a student, the youngest MEP, Andrey Novakov, worked as a general laborer on the beach.]. 24chasa (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Andrey Novakov". Capital Summit. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Members". European Internet Forum. Retrieved 24 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)