Iskra Mihaylova | |
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Искра Михайлова | |
![]() Mihaylova in 2016 | |
Chair of the European Parliament Regional Development Committee | |
In office 7 July 2014 –1 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Anneli Jäätteenmäki |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 1 July 2014 –15 July 2024 | |
Constituency | Bulgaria |
Personal details | |
Born | Iskra Mihaylova 7 September 1957 (age 67) Sofia,Bulgaria |
Political party | ![]() Movement for Rights and Freedoms ![]() Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
Alma mater | University of Sofia |
Website | www |
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Iskra Mihaylova (Bulgarian :ИскраДимитроваМихайлова-Копарова; [1] 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.
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]
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]
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]
Mihaylova was the winner of the Regional Development Award at the 2017 MEP Awards. [9]