Iliana Ivanova

Iliana Naidenova Ivanova (Bulgarian: Илиана Найденова Иванова, born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian politician and economist who has been serving as a member of the European Court of Auditors since 2013.

Iliana Ivanova
Personal details
Born (1975-09-14) 14 September 1975
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Political partyCitizens for European
Development
Alma materUniversity of Economics, Varna
Arizona State University

Early life and education

Ivanova graduated from foreign language high school "Romain Rolland"[1] in her hometown where she studied French and English. In 1998 she graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations from the Economic University in Varna.[2] In 2004 Ivanova defended her master’s thesis in International Finance at the Thunderbird School of Global Management,[3] Arizona.

Ivanova speaks Bulgarian, English, French, German and Russian.

Career

Ivanova worked as a coordinator for relations to international financial institutions at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.[4]

Ivanova was a municipal councillor from GERB’s voting list in the Municipality of Sofia (2007-2011 mandates).

From 2009 to 2012, Ivanova was a Member of the European Parliament. During her mandate, she served as Vice-chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control, Vice-chair of the Special Committee on the Economic, Financial and Social crisis, member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and as substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she was one of the vice-chairs of the parliament's delegation to China.[5]

Since 1 January 2013 Ivanova has been serving as a Member of the European Court of Auditors.[6] On 21 September 2016 she was elected Dean of Chamber II, responsible for auditing structural policies, transport[7] and energy spending areas.

Following Kristalina Georgieva's resignation as European Commissioner for Budget and Administration in 2016, Ivanova was among the first names to emerge as contenders to be the Bulgaria’s next European Commissioner;[8] the position eventually went to Mariya Gabriel.

Other activities

Ivanova is a member of the International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "University of Economics – Varna". www.ue-varna.bg.
  3. "Welcome". Thunderbird School of Global Management.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2011-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Iliana Ivanova European Parliament.
  6. "Home | EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS". www.eca.europa.eu.
  7. Dave Keating (April 9, 2014), EU public transport funds not delivering, warn auditors Politico Europe.
  8. Chris Spillane, Laurens Cerulus and Ryan Heath (November 16, 2016), Female ministers top shortlist to be Bulgaria’s commissioner Politico Europe.
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