Ilijana Jotowa
Ilijana Malinowa Jotowa (also spelled Iliyana Malinova Yotova , Bulgarian Илияна Малинова Йотова ; born October 24, 1964 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian politician of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and Vice President of Bulgaria.
Life
From 1991 to 1997 she worked as a journalist for the news service of the Bulgarian state television . In March 1997 he switched to the press center of the BSP. In April 2000 she became a member of the Sofia City Council for the BSP. In May 2000 she was elected to the board of the BSP. From January 9, 2006, she held the post of deputy board member of the BSP district association Sofia.
In 2005 she was elected to the 40th Bulgarian Parliament as a member of the Coalition for Bulgaria , which also includes the BSP . In 2007 she was elected to the European Parliament as a candidate on the list of the coalition for Bulgaria in the subsequent European elections. In the 2009 European elections she was confirmed as such, also as a candidate for the coalition for Bulgaria.
Ilijana Jotowa has a degree in “ Bulgarian and French Philology ” at St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia .
Activities as an EU parliamentarian
Jotowa was organized in the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament.
She was vice-chair of the delegation in the EU-Moldova parliamentary cooperation committee.
As a member, she sat in the Committee on Fisheries , in the Committee on Petitions , in the Special Committee against Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering, and in the delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
Jotova was deputy in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs , in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and in the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union.
Vice President
In the Bulgarian presidential election in 2016, she ran alongside the independent candidate Rumen Radew , who was openly supported by the BSP. On November 13, 2016, Radev was elected with 59% of the vote, she left the European Parliament on January 17, 2017. Her predecessor in office was Margarita Popova. The satirist Petar Kurumbaschew, known in Bulgaria, took over for Jotowa .
Web links
- Infoportal ilyana.info (bulg.)
- Entry on Ilijana Jotowa in the European Parliament 's database of deputies
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jotowa, Ilijana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jotowa, Ilijana Malinowa; Yotova, Iliyana Malinova; Илияна Малинова Йотова (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian politician, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sofia |