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Hristo Georgiev Gadzhev is a Bulgarian politician from GERB. He has been a Member of Parliament representing GERB in the XLIII, XLIV, XLV, XLVI, XLVII, and XLVIII National Assemblies

Biography
Hristo Gadzhev was born on May 28, 1983, in the city of Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria. He completed his higher education at the University of National and World Economy with a specialization in "International Relations," and obtained a master's degree from Sofia University in "International Business Relations." He has undergone a series of trainings and specializations both in Bulgaria and abroad.

He has worked as a national expert and coordinator for Bulgaria on the CONCEPT project within the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission.

From 2007 to 2009, he worked in the field of public relations for GERB. From August 2009 to February 2010, he served as a parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Culture. From 2010 to 2013, he was a parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Defense.

On October 5, 2014, he was first elected as a deputy in the 43rd National Assembly. Hristo Gadzhev has been a Member of Parliament in the XLIII, XLIV, XLV, XLVI, XLVII, and XLVIII National Assemblies.

Парламентарна дейност
Hristo Gadzhev was elected as the Chairman of the Defense Committee in the 48th and 49th National Assemblies.

As a deputy, Hristo Gadzhev introduced key decisions related to defense and military assistance provided by Bulgaria to Ukraine in 2022 and 2023 in the National Assembly.

Just a month after Russia's incursion into Ukraine, Gadzhev and other GERB members of parliament introduced a proposal in the National Assembly for the provision of military and technical assistance to Ukraine. However, this proposal was not discussed by the then-majority in the National Assembly.

In the 43rd National Assembly, under the leadership of Hristo Gadzhev, the Defense Committee returned the Ministry of Defense's Program for Priority Investment Expenditures for revision.

Gadzhev, along with other deputies from the Defense Committee, introduced a resolution that obliges the Ministry of Defense to present a comprehensive and financially substantiated investment program in defense until 2032.

On July 5, 2023, Hristo Gadzhev was among the deputies who introduced a resolution to speed up the process of updating the Ministry of Defense's inventories of wartime reserves. The resolution aims to enhance Bulgaria's defense capabilities and enable the Ministry of Defense to provide more comprehensive military-technical assistance to Ukraine.

Hristo Gadzhev also co-signed a decision in the 49th National Assembly for the additional provision of military-technical support to Ukraine. This decision entailed supplying Ukraine with armored military equipment, weapons, and spare parts that were no longer needed by the Ministry of the Interior.