Iskra_Mihaylova

Iskra Mihaylova

Iskra Mihaylova

Bulgarian politician

Iskra Mihaylova (Bulgarian: Искра Михайлова; born 7 September 1957 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Bulgaria who 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.

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Early life and education

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]

Career

Mihaylova worked for the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library from 1980 to 1996.[2] In 1996, Mihaylova was an American Library Association Fellow working at the Colorado State Library.[3][4]

Political career

In parliament, Mihaylova has been serving as chair of the Committee on Regional Development.[5]

In addition to her committee assignments, Mihaylova is part of the parliament's delegations to the EU-Armenia and EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee, to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee and to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).[6]

In June 2019, Mihaylova was elected vice-president of the political group Renew Europe.[7]

Recognition

Mihaylova was the winner of the Regional Development Award at the 2017 MEP Awards.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Voice, European (2014-11-06). "Iskra Mihaylova – identikit apparatchik?". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. [2]
    "Iskra MIHAYLOVA | Curriculum vitae | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  3. [3]
    Bolt, Nancy. "A Bulgarian and Colorado Library Project." International Leads, vol. 16, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 1-8.
  4. [4]
    Bolt, Nancy. "John Ames Humphrey Award--OCLC Forest Press Award: "Sure, Why Not?." International Leads, vol. 30, no. 3, Sept. 2016, p. 6.
  5. [5]
    "Home | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  6. [6]
    Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) European Parliament.
  7. [7]
    "Iskra Mihaylova: We will work for the security of the European citizens". europost.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  8. [8]
    "MEP Awards 2017 - Winners". MEP Awards. Dods Parliamentary Communications Ltd. Retrieved 8 May 2017.


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