Iliana Naidenova Ivanova is a Bulgarian politician and economist, currently serving as Member of the European Court of Auditors.
Education
She 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.
Career
She gained diverse experience from working at American financial and banking institutions. Before that, Iliana Ivanova worked as a coordinator International Financial institutions in the "Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food". She was Member of the European Parliament at the European Parliament from 2009 to 2012.
She speaks Bulgarian, English, French and Russian.
Politics
Iliana Ivanova was a municipal councillor from GERB’s voting list in the Municipality of Sofia (2007-2011 mandates).
Views
In 2004 Iliana Ivanova defended her master’s thesis in International Finance at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona.
Membership
During her mandate in the European Parliament she was Vice-chair of the Committee on Budgetary control, Vice-chair of the Special Committee on the Economic, Financial and Social crisis, Vice-chair of the Delegation of the European Parliament to China, Member of the Committee on Internal market and Consumers protection, Member substitute of the Economic and monetary Committee. As of 1 January 2013 she is Member of the European Court of Auditors. Iliana Ivanova is a member of the International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma.