Ekaterina Zaharieva

Deputy Prime Minister of BulgariaIn office
4 May 2017 – 12 May 2021Prime MinisterBoyko BorisovPreceded byStefan YanevSucceeded byAtanas PekanovIn office
6 August 2014 – 7 November 2014Prime MinisterGeorgi BliznashkiPreceded byDaniela BobevaSucceeded byMeglena KunevaIn office
13 March 2013 – 29 May 2013Prime MinisterMarin RaykovPreceded byTsvetan TsvetanovSucceeded byTsvetlin YovchevMinister of Foreign AffairsIn office
4 May 2017 – 12 May 2021Prime MinisterBoyko BorisovPreceded byRadi NaidenovSucceeded bySvetlan StoevMinister of JusticeIn office
18 December 2015 – 27 January 2017Prime MinisterBoyko BorisovPreceded byHristo IvanovSucceeded byMariya PavlovaMinister of Regional Development
and Public WorksIn office
6 August 2014 – 7 November 2014Prime MinisterGeorgi BliznashkiPreceded byDesislava TerzievaSucceeded byLilyana PavlovaIn office
13 March 2013 – 29 May 2013Prime MinisterMarin RaykovPreceded byLilyana PavlovaSucceeded byDesislava Terzieva

Parliamentary offices
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 April 2021
Constituency	13th MMC - Pazardzhik

Personal detailsBorn
(1975-08-08) 8 August 1975 (age 49)
Pazardzhik, PR BulgariaPolitical partyGERBSpouse EducationPlovdiv UniversityOccupation

Ekaterina Spasova Gecheva-Zaharieva (Bulgarian: Екатерина Спасова Гечева-Захариева; born 8 August 1975) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2017 to 2021 and on two occasions from 2013 to 2014. A member of the GERB party, she also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2021, Minister Justice from 2015 to 2017, Minister of Regional Development on two occasions from 2013 to 2014 and is currently a Member of the National Assembly.

Zaharieva was born in Pazardzhik in 1975. She became fluent in German at her local college, then attended the University of Plovdiv where she graduated in law. This was followed by a law master's degree.^[1]

She worked as a lawyer until 2003. She then became a legal Advisor of the Ministry of Environment and Water. Zaharieva became the Director of Legal, Administrative and Regulatory Services in 2007.^[1]

Entering politics in 2009, she became the Minister of Regional Development to Rosen Plevneliev. When Plevneliev became President of Bulgaria, he chose her for the position of one of the Deputy Prime Ministers from March to May in 2013.^[2] She was interim deputy Prime Minister to Marin Raykov in the Bulgarian Cabinet.

In 2013 she was the Minister of Regional Development.^{[citation needed]} From 18 December 2015 she served as Minister of Justice until 27 January 2017. She became the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria on 4 May 2017.^[3]

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