Mojca Kleva (born March 30, 1976) is a Slovene

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and

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born in

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(

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

). On May 9 2011 she became a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

replacing

Zoran Thaler Zoran Thaler (born ) is a Slovenian politician and businessman. He is a former Slovenian foreign minister and a former member of the European Parliament. Political career He was born in Kranj in former Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia). He graduate ...

who resigned from the position due to accusations regarding corruption.Dnevnik.si - Zoran Thaler je odstopil z mesta evropskega poslanca
/ref> She is a member of

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, center-left wing political party in

Biography

Mojca Kleva graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

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

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and

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at the

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. In 2004 she returned to

where she became an advisor in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, working on areas of

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and

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

. In 2009 she became a permanent representative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia to the

. In May 2011 Mojca Kleva replaced

as a member of the European Parliament within S&D (Group of the

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the Political groups of the European Parliament, political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and ...

). Between 1999 and 2009 Mojca Kleva was a member

Municipal Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

, she also actively participated and led network of non-governmental organizations from the field of

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

- Women's lobby Slovenia between 2007 and 2009.

Member of the European Parliament

* Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D), 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 EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, Vice-president * Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member * Delegation to EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee, Substitute

References

External links

Official page of the party

Official page of the MEP
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kleva, Mojca 1976 births Living people University of Ljubljana alumni Politicians from Koper Social Democrats (Slovenia) MEPs