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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 for Bulgaria. He is a member of GERB, which is affiliated with the European People’s Party at European level. He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014, when he took the place of Tomislav Donchev, who became Deputy Prime Minister in the second government of GERB in Bulgaria.“Andrey Novakov”. European Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

In the 10th parliamentary term, Novakov is a member of the Committee on Regional Development and the Committee on Security and Defence. He is also a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and of the Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China.“Andrey Novakov: 10th parliamentary term”. European Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2026. Within the European People’s Party Group, he serves as coordinator for the Committee on Regional Development.“Andrey Novakov”. EPP Group in the European Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

Novakov’s parliamentary work has focused on regional development, cohesion policy, the simplification of EU funding, the EU budget, youth employment, transport policy and passenger rights. Since 2019, he has served as EPP Group coordinator in the Committee on Regional Development, and since 2021 he has chaired the EPP cohesion policy monitoring group.“Curriculum vitae: Andrey Novakov”. European Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2026. In 2026, he was Parliament’s rapporteur on the revision of EU air passenger rights rules.“Air passenger rights: press point today at 18.15”. European Parliament. 19 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

Andrey Novakov was born in Pazardzhik^[1], but grew up in the village of Mominia Klisura, where he studied until his seventh grade in the Primary School of St. “Kliment of Ohrid”. He completed his secondary education in the Professional High School of Electrotechnics and Automatics (former “Kirov”) in Sofia with profile “Power plants, networks and systems”. After that Andrey Novakov moved to Blagoevgrad, where he studied in parallel two majors in Southwest University “Neofit Rilski”. In 2011 he acquired a bachelor’s degree in “Public Administration”, where during the course of his education he studied management and management technologies, theory of governance, local governance etc. In 2014 he acquired a master’s degree in “Law” and specialized in the field of legal sciences.^[2]

In November 2014 he specialized 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.^[3]

From 2008 to 2011 he was President of the Student Parliament in the faculty of Law and History of Southwest University “Neofit Rilski” where he was re-elected for a second term. Briefly he was a chief editor of the student newspaper “Vestnikat” (“The Newspaper”). In 2011 he was elected a deputy chairman of the largest student organization in Europe – European Democrat Students, and in 2012 he was the only deputy chairman to be re-elected to his post. From 2011 to 2014 he worked as a public relations expert in the municipality of Blagoevgrad, in the team of the Mayor Dr. Atanas Kambitov. Within the municipal administration he worked actively on topics related to media policy of the municipality and its international activities. As a President of the Student Parliament, he became a member of the GERB political party in Blagoevgrad.^[4]

He successively held positions as a regional coordinator of Youth GERB – Blagoevgrad, International Secretary of Youth GERB, and before becoming an MEP, he was also a candidate for member of the Bulgarian parliament from the 1st multi-mandate constituency. In his quality of member of the European parliament, Andrey Novakov was elected as a Rapporteur of the European Parliament on topics related to the effectiveness of the internal water transport in Europe, assessment of the multiannual financial framework, assessment of the youth EU Erasmus+ programme, etc. He is also a shadow rapporteur on the draft amendment of the EU budget with regards to territorial and social cohesion, and a number of reports on financial aid to enterprises which suffered from the global economic crisis. He works in the field of youth employment, reducing bureaucracy in the absorption of European funds, the Juncker Plan, as well as topics related to the EU budget. At the end of 2015 the European Parliament adopted a resolution initiated by Mr Novakov to cut red tape in EU funds with a majority of more than 90% of the vote.

Novakov became a Member of the European Parliament in 2014, replacing Tomislav Donchev, who left the European Parliament after becoming Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria. During his early parliamentary work, Novakov was active on issues relating to EU funding, the simplification of administrative procedures, youth employment, Erasmus+, the Youth Employment Initiative and the EU budget.

In the 2014–2019 parliamentary term, he was a member of the Committee on Regional Development and a substitute member of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the Committee on Budgetary Control. In the 2019–2024 term, he was a member of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Regional Development and the Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, and a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Delegation for relations with Israel.“Curriculum vitae: Andrey Novakov”. European Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

Since 2019, Novakov has served as coordinator of the European People’s Party Group in the Committee on Regional Development. Since 2021, he has also chaired the EPP cohesion policy monitoring group.“Curriculum vitae: Andrey Novakov”. European Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2026. In the 10th parliamentary term, he is a member of the Committee on Regional Development and the Committee on Security and Defence, and a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and of the Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China.“Andrey Novakov: 10th parliamentary term”. European Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

Novakov has also worked on transport policy. In 2026, he was Parliament’s rapporteur on the revision of EU air passenger rights rules, a file concerning passenger protection in cases such as flight delays and cancellations.“Air passenger rights: press point today at 18.15”. European Parliament. 19 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.