# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ekaterina-zaharieva
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:51:33.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ekaterina-zaharieva"
name: "Ekaterina Zaharieva"
slug: "ekaterina-zaharieva"
description: "Ekaterina Spasova Gecheva-Zaharieva is a Bulgarian politician serving as European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation. She served as Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria 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 of Justice from 2015 to 2017, Minister of Regional Development on two occasions from 2013 to 2014 and Member of the National Assembly from 2021 to 2024."
tagline: "European Commissioner and former Deputy PM and minister in Bulgaria"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ekaterina_Zaharieva_2025_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1975-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.78754933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/EZaharievaEU"
    handle:    "EZaharievaEU"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ekaterina_zaharieva/"
    handle:    "ekaterina_zaharieva"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ZaharievaEkaterina"
    handle:    "ZaharievaEkaterina"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterina-zaharieva/"
    handle:    "ekaterina-zaharieva"
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    title: "Եկատերինա Զախարիևա"
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    title: "Ekaterina Zaharieva"
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    title: "Ekaterina Zaharieva"
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    title: "Catharina Zaharieva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Захариева, Екатерина"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump