Iliana Iotova
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Iliana Iotova
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| 5th Vice President of Bulgaria | |
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Assumed office 22 January 2017 |
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| President | Rumen Radev |
| Prime Minister |
Boyko Borisov Ognyan Gerdzhikov (Acting) Boyko Borisov |
| Preceded by | Margarita Popova |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 2007 – 16 January 2017 |
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Iliana Malinova Iotova 24 October 1964 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Political party | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
Iliana Malinova Iotova (Bulgarian: Илияна Малинова Йотова) (born 24 October 1964) is the Vice President of Bulgaria. She was the running mate of Rumen Radev, who defeated GERB nominee Tsetska Tsacheva in the second round of the 2016 presidential election. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 until her resignation on 16 January 2017. In the EP she sat on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and was a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. She also participated in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. She speaks Bulgarian, French and English.
Born in Sofia, Iotova received a Master's degree in Bulgarian and French philology from the University of Sofia. She has specialized at the École nationale d'administration (ENA, National School of Administration) in Strasbourg, France, and the Center for European Studies (CEES) of the University of Strasbourg.
From 1990 to 1997, Iotova worked at Bulgarian National Television as a reporter, editor, director and presenter of news and current affairs programmes. She then worked as the director of the press service of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
In the 2005 national elections, Iotova was elected to the National Assembly.
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