Английская Википедия:Iskra Mihaylova

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Iskra Mihaylova (Шаблон:Lang-bg; 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.

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]

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