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Iskra Mihaylova
Bulgarian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iskra Dimitrova Mihaylova-Koparova[1] (Bulgarian: Искра Димитрова Михайлова-Копарова; born 7 September 1957) 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.[2] 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.[2]
Career
Mihaylova 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]
Political career
In parliament, Mihaylova has been serving as chair of the Committee on Regional Development.[6]
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).[7]
In June 2019, Mihaylova was elected vice-president of the political group Renew Europe.[8]
Recognition
Mihaylova was the winner of the Regional Development Award at the 2017 MEP Awards.[9]
References
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