Iliana Naidenova Ivanova ( bg, Илиана Найденова Иванова, born in

Stara Zagora Stara Zagora ( bg, Стара Загора, ) is the sixth-largest city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province. Name The name comes from the Slavic root ''star'' ("old") and the name of the medieva ...

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) is a

n public figure, an economist who has been serving as a member of the

European Court of Auditors The European Court of Auditors (ECA; French: ''Cour des comptes européenne'') is one of the seven institutions of the European Union (EU). It was established in 1975 in Luxembourg in order to improve EU financial management. It has 27 members ( ...

since 2013.

Early life and education

Ivanova graduated from foreign language high school "Romain Rolland" in her hometown where she studied French and English. In 1998 she graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations from the Economic University in Varna. In 2004 Ivanova defended her master’s thesis in International Finance at the

Thunderbird School of Global Management Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (or simply Thunderbird) is a global management school in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1946 as an independent, private institution, it was acquired by Arizona State University ( ...

, Arizona. Ivanova speaks Bulgarian, English, French, German and Russian.

Career

Ivanova worked as a coordinator for relations to international financial institutions at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. From 2009 to 2012, Ivanova was a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

. During her mandate, she served as Vice-chair of the

Committee on Budgetary Control The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) is a committee of the European Parliament. with 30 permanent members. It can be seen as the European Union's internal "political watchdog", seeking to identify undesirable developments within EU institutio ...

, Vice-chair of the Special Committee on the Economic, Financial and Social crisis, member of the

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) is a committee of the European Parliament. Work of the committee The committee is responsible for: * coordination at Community level of national legislation in the sphere of th ...

and as substitute member of the

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) is a committee of the European Parliament which is responsible for the regulation of financial services, the free movement of capital and payments, taxation and competition policies, oversight ...

. In addition to her committee assignments, she was one of the vice-chairs of the parliament's delegation to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. As of 31.12.2012 Ivanova has ceased all her political activities and affiliations. Since 1 January 2013 Ivanova has been serving as a Member of the European Court of Auditors. On 21 September 2016 she was elected Dean of Chamber II, responsible for auditing structural policies, transport.Dave Keating (April 9, 2014)
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''.

Other activities

Ivanova is a member of the International Honor Society

Beta Gamma Sigma Beta Gamma Sigma () is the International Business Honor Society. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois and the University of California, it has over 980,000 members, selected from more than 600 collegiate chapters ...

References

External links

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