Iskra Mihaylova
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Iskra Mihaylova | |
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Искра Михайлова | |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2024 | |
| Constituency | 13th MMC – Pazardzhik |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 29 May 2013 | |
| Constituency | 13th MMC – Pazardzhik |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 19 June 2024 | |
| Constituency | Bulgaria |
| Chair of the European Parliament Regional Development Committee | |
| In office 7 July 2014 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Anneli Jäätteenmäki |
| Succeeded by | Younous Omarjee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iskra Dimitrova Mihaylova 7 September 1957 (age 68) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Party | Movement for Rights and Freedoms (disputed) |
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| Alma mater | University of Sofia |
| Website | www |
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.
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]
