Education
Mojca Kleva graduated at the University of Ljubljana in political science in 2002 and later acquired master"s degree also in political science in 2006.
political scientist politician
Mojca Kleva graduated at the University of Ljubljana in political science in 2002 and later acquired master"s degree also in political science in 2006.
After her studies Kleva was following the European Union accession process of Estonia and Lithuania at the European Parliament in Brussels. In 2004 she returned to Slovenia where she became an advisor in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, working on areas of European affairs, human rights and education. In 2009 she became a permanent representative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Parliament in Brussels.
Between 1999 and 2009 Mojca Kleva was a member Municipal Council of Koper, she also actively participated and led network of non-governmental organizations from the field of women"s rights - Women"s lobby Slovenia between 2007 and 2009.
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament (South&Doctorate), Member
Committee on Regional Development, Member
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Substitute
Committee on Women"s Rights and Gender Equality, Substitute
Delegation to the European Union-Armenia, European Union-Azerbaijan and European Union-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, Vice-president
Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member
Delegation to European Union-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee, Substitute.
She is a member of Social Democrats, center-left wing political party in Slovenia.
On May 9 2011 she became a replacing Zoran Thaler who resigned from the position due the accusations regarding corruption. In May 2011 Mojca Kleva replaced Zoran Thaler as a member of the European Parliament within South&Doctorate (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats).