Iliana Ivanova

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Preceded byMariya Gabriel
Iliana Ivanova
Илиана Иванова
Iliana Ivanova in 2025
Member of the European Court of Auditors for Bulgaria
Assumed office
1 January 2025
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
In office
19 September 2023  30 November 2024
CommissionVon der Leyen II
Preceded byMariya Gabriel
Succeeded byEkaterina Zaharieva
Member of the European Parliament
In office
14 July 2009  31 December 2012
Preceded byNickolay Mladenov
Personal details
Born (1975-09-14) 14 September 1975 (age 50)
PartyCitizens for European
Development
Other political
affiliations
European People's Party
EducationUniversity of Economics,
Varna
(BA, MA)
Arizona State University,
Phoenix
(MBA)

Iliana Naydenova Ivanova (Bulgarian: Илиана Найденова Иванова; born 14 September 1975) is a Member of the European Court of Auditors since 2025. She previously served as European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth between 2023 and 2024.

Ivanova graduated from foreign language high school Romain Rolland[1][failed verification] in her hometown where she studied French and English. In 1998 she graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations from the Economic University in Varna.[2][failed verification] In 2004 Ivanova defended her master's thesis in International Finance at the Thunderbird School of Global Management,[3][failed verification] Arizona.

Early career

Ivanova worked as a coordinator for relations to international financial institutions at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.[4][failed verification]

Member of the European Parliament

From 2009 to 2012, Ivanova was a Member of the European Parliament. During that period, she served as vice-chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control, Vice-chair of the Special Committee on the Economic, Financial and Social crisis, member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and as substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she was one of the vice-chairs of the parliament's delegation to China.[5]

Life after politics

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