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  • Ms Lora Borissova
    Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Gabriel
    European Commission

ABOUT

Lora Borissova is currently Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Gabriel.
She is an EEAS (European External Action Service) official, previously working as political advisor to the Political Director in the EEAS and as deputy Head of the Election and Democracy Division of the EEAS.
She has previously worked as a member of the High Representative's private office, as well as a policy officer 'Foreign Affairs Councils' at the Policy Coordination Division and as desk officer Palestinian territories in the Directorate General for External Relations of the European Commission.
Before joining the European Institution, Lora Borissova spent a number of years teaching EU law at the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), College of Europe, American University of Bulgaria, Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA), Centre for European Studies in Strasbourg (CEES), Institute for European Policy (IEP) Berlin (Germany) and others.
Lora Borissova holds a Master’s degree in European Studies from the College of Europe and Maîtrise in European Law from the University of Nancy II, France.
Lora Borissova has published an important number of articles on various aspects of European Law.