Mojca Kleva

Mojca Kleva
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
May 9 2011
Permanent Representative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Parliament
In office
2009–2011
Advisor for the Enlargement of the European Union in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
In office
2002–2002
Member of Municipal Council of Koper
In office
1999–2009
Personal details
Born (1976-03-30)30 March 1976
Koper, SR Slovenija, Yugoslavia
Political party Social Democrats (Slovenia)
Alma mater Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana
Website MojcaKleva.eu

Mojca Kleva (born March 30, 1976) is a Slovene political scientist and politician born in Koper (Slovenia). On May 9 2011 she became a Member of the European Parliament replacing Zoran Thaler who resigned from the position due the accusations regarding corruption.[1] She is a member of Social Democrats, center-left wing political party in Slovenia.

Biography

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 EU 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. In May 2011 Mojca Kleva replaced Zoran Thaler as a member of the European Parliament within S&D (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats).

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.

Member of the European Parliament

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