Meglena Kuneva

Meglena Kuneva
Меглена Кунева
Kuneva in 2013
Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office
7 November 2014 – 27 January 2017
Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Preceded byEkaterina Zakharieva
Hristo Ivanov
Succeeded byStefan Yanev
Minister of Education and Science
In office
3 February 2016 – 27 January 2017
Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Preceded byTodor Tanev
Succeeded byNikolay Denkov
Minister of the European Union Affairs
In office
7 November 2014 – 27 January 2017
Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Preceded byIliana Tsanova
Succeeded byMalina Krumova
In office
29 May 2002 – 21 December 2006
Prime MinisterSimeon Sakskoburggotski
Sergey Stanishev
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGergana Passy
European Commissioner for Consumer Protection
In office
1 January 2007 – 9 February 2010
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byMarkos Kyprianou (Health and Consumer Protection)
Succeeded byJohn Dalli (Health and Consumer Policy)
Leader of the Bulgaria for Citizens Movement
In office
1 July 2012 – 4 April 2017
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDimitar Delchev
Personal details
Born (1957-06-22) 22 June 1957 (age 67)
Sofia, PR Bulgaria
Political partyBulgaria for Citizens Movement
Other political
affiliations		NDSV (2001-2012)
SpouseAndrey Pramov
Alma materSofia University
Oxford University

Meglena Shtilianova Kuneva (Bulgarian: Меглена Щилиянова Кунева; born 22 June 1957) is a Bulgarian and EU politician.

Early life and education

Born in Sofia, Kuneva is descended from a Catholic family[1] from the town of Rakovski. She graduated in Law from Sofia University in 1981, and in 1984 she became a Doctor of Law.[2] She worked as a journalist for the Law Programme of the Bulgarian National Radio while being an Assistant Professor at Sofia University. As an anchor, she participated in various campaigns related ti human rights, such as the abolition of the death penalty, which still existed at that time in the country.

In 1990 she took a job as Senior Legal Advisor at the Council of Ministers and held it until 2001. In the meantime Kuneva specialized in Foreign Affairs and Environmental Law at Georgetown University and the University of Oxford.[3]

Political career

Career in national politics

In June 2001 Kuneva was elected a deputy (Member of Bulgarian Parliament) as a founding member of the Liberal Simeon II National Movement (NDSV) party. In August 2001 Kuneva left her position in the Bulgarian parliament because she was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Bulgaria with the European Union. She represented the Bulgarian Government in the Convention on the Future of Europe (the European Convention), which designed the EU Constitutional Treaty (the European Constitution).

In May 2002 Kuneva was appointed Bulgaria's first Minister of European Affairs in the government of former Tsar Simeon Sakskoburggotski. She held that job even after the 2005 parliamentary elections, when NDSV became a junior partner in the Bulgarian Socialist Party-dominated coalition government of Sergey Stanishev – the only minister of the former cabinet to retain her post.

European Commissioner for Consumer Protection

On 26 October 2006 Kuneva was nominated to be Bulgaria's first member of the European Commission. European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso assigned her the portfolio of Consumer Protection.[4] Kuneva was decisively approved by the European Parliament on 12 December 2006 with 583 votes "in favour", 21 votes "against" and 28 votes "abstentions". She commenced her mandate as EU Commissioner on 1 January 2007, when Bulgaria officially joined the EU. In January 2007 Meglena Kuneva took an Oath as a European Commissioner at the European Court in Luxembourg.[5][6]

During her term in office, Kuneva was interested in online data collection (of personal data), profiling and behavioral targeting, and in particular is looking for "enforcing existing regulation on the Internet and to regulate where adequate response to consumer concerns on the issue of data collection".[7]

Return to national politics

In 2012 Kuneva ran as an independent presidential candidate, getting 14% of the votes.

Later that year she founded a political party Bulgaria for Citizens movement, which in 2014 secured places in the parliaments as part of the bigger right centrist alliance Reformist bloc. Kuneva was elected member of parliament and then became a Deputy Prime Minister, resposnible for foreign affairs, regugee agency and data protectio unit. She also had an oversight of the human trafficking commission and the newly created anticorruoption body.

In early 2016 Kuneva took over the Ministry of Education and Science in a time the education system in Bulgaria was going though an overreaching reform.

Council of Europe

In 2018 Kuneva was appointed Head of the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe, where she collaborated to establish a common European stance in conjunction with the Council of Europe and optimal coordination between the two organizations.

In 2024, Kuneva was her country’s candidate to succeed Dunja Mijatović as the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights; in a vote by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, she ultimately lost against Michael O'Flaherty.[8]

Other activities

Political positions

In October 2013, Kuneva announced her opposition to the ban on land sale to foreigners that was voted by the Bulgarian Parliament.[11] This closely matches the stand the European Commission has taken on the matter.

In December 2013 she said that "she felt more pity than anger toward" Plamen Oresharski because he is not the real decision maker in the Council of Ministers.[12]

Personal life

Meglena Kuneva is married to financier Andrey Pramov, a son of the secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1962–1978), and they have one son – Aleksandar.[3]

In addition to her native Bulgarian, she is fluent in English, French, and Russian. Kuneva's hobby is listening to classical music.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Who Is Who: Meglena Kuneva – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency". novinite.com. m3web.bg.
  2. ^ "President Barroso presents the Commissioner designate for Bulgaria". European Commission. 26 October 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b Lilov 2013, p. 65.
  4. ^ "President Barroso presents the Commissioner designate for Bulgaria". europa.eu.
  5. ^ "Consumer Rights Are Civil Right, Says Meglena Kuneva". Bulgarian News Agency. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ^ "EU Commissioner for Consumer Affairs". Communication Director. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ Behavioural targeting at the European Consumer Summit, 8 April 2009
  8. ^ Michael O’Flaherty elected Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Council of Europe, press release of 25 January 2024.
  9. ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
  10. ^ "2008 Vick Prize Jury:European Commissioner, Professors and a Film Director". www.vickfoundation.com.
  11. ^ "Ban on Land Sale to Foreigners Serves Bulgaria's Oligarchs – Kuneva – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency". novinite.com. M3 Web.
  12. ^ Higgins, Andrew (24 December 2013). "Change Comes Slowly for Bulgaria, Even With E.U. Membership". The New York Times.
  13. ^ Lilov 2013, p. 64.

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