Iskra Mihaylova
Iskra Mihaylova (Bulgarian: Искра Михайлова) (born 7 September 1957 in Sofia), is a Bulgarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Bulgaria. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since July 2014.[1] She is a member of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. She is the current chair of the European Parliament Committee on Regional Development. [2]
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| Chair of the European Parliament Regional Development Committee | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Anneli Jäätteenmäki |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | Bulgaria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iskra Mihaylova 7 September 1957 (age 63) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Political party |  Bulgarian:Movement for Rights and Freedoms  EU:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
| Alma mater | University of Sofia |
| Website | www |
Mihaylova earned a master's degree in Library Studies and Information Technologies from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts in 1980. She trained as a librarian and bibliographer at the State Library Institute of Bulgaria and then at the Leningrad Institute of Culture.[1] She worked for the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library from 1980 to 1996.[3] In 1996, Mihaylova was an American Library Association Fellow working at the Colorado State Library.[4][5]
In June 2019, she was elected vice-president of the political group Renew Europe.[6]
Parliamentary service
- Chair, Committee on Regional Development (2014-)[1]
- Member, Conference of Committee Chairs
- Member, Delegation to the EU-Armenia and EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee
- Member, Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee
- Member, Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
- Mihaylova is the winner of the Regional Development Award, MEP Awards 2017.[7]
References
- Voice, European (2014-11-06). "Iskra Mihaylova – identikit apparatchik?". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- "Home | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
- "Iskra MIHAYLOVA | Curriculum vitae | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- Bolt, Nancy. "A Bulgarian and Colorado Library Project." International Leads, vol. 16, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 1-8.
- Bolt, Nancy. "John Ames Humphrey Award--OCLC Forest Press Award: "Sure, Why Not?." International Leads, vol. 30, no. 3, Sept. 2016, p. 6.
- "Iskra Mihaylova: We will work for the security of the European citizens". europost.eu. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- "MEP Awards 2017 - Winners". MEP Awards. Dods Parliamentary Communications Ltd. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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