Iva Miteva
Ива Митева
Miteva in 2021
Chairperson of the National Assembly
In office
21 July 2021 – 16 September 2021
Succeeded byNikola Minchev
In office
15 April 2021 – 12 May 2021
Preceded byTsveta Karayancheva
Personal details
Born (1972-10-25) 25 October 1972 (age 51)
Razgrad, People's Republic of Bulgaria
CitizenshipBulgarian
Political partyThere Is Such a People
OccupationLawyer

Iva Miteva Yordanova-Rupcheva (born 25 October 1972) is a Bulgarian lawyer and politician who was the Speaker of the 45th National Assembly and the 46th National Assembly.

Early life and education

Miteva was born in Razgrad on October 25, 1972 and graduated from Sofia University in 1996.[1][2] She is undertaking a doctoral thesis through the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.[1]

Career

Miteva began her career at the Ministry of Justice in 1998.[2] She worked for the Committee on Legal Affairs before leading the Parliament's EU Legislature and Law Directorate.[3] She has been involved in writing parliamentary rules, drafting changes to the Electoral Code and proposing amendments to the Constitution.[1][2] She is also a lecturer at the New Bulgarian University in the Department of Law.[1][2]

Miteva is a member of the There Is Such A People party and was elected to the National Assembly in 2020 as one of 23 members for the constituency in Sofia.[2] She was elected Speaker of the 45th National Assembly on 15 April 2021, at the first session of Parliament after the April 4 election at which no party won the majority needed to form government on its own.[4] Miteva was elected by what President Rumen Radev called a "fragmented" parliament expressing voters' desire for change[4] with 163 votes in favour and 75 abstentions, all from the GERB Party who voted for their own candidate and former Speaker Tsveta Karayancheva.[5][6] Miteva said that "transparency and accountability" must be the guiding principles for the Assembly, quoting Bulgarian National Revival figure Todor Ikonomov.[1] Miteva is the third woman to hold the position of Speaker.[3] In the second sitting of the new assembly, Miteva presided over a vote to approve the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's government.[7]

On 21 July 2021 she was reelected as Speaker of the 46th National Assembly.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Iva Miteva of There Is Such a People Elected Chair of 45th National Assembly". BTA Bulgarian News Agency. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Who Is Iva Miteva, New President of Bulgarian Parliament". Novinite. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Iva Miteva elected as Speaker of 45th National Assembly". Europost. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Bulgaria: President to consult parties on forming new govt". Waco Tribune-Herald. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Iva Miteva is the new President of National Assembly". Radio Bulgaria. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Bulgaria: Iva Miteva-Rupcheva appointed new Parliamentary Speaker". Independent Balkan News Agency. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Bulgaria's new National Assembly votes resignation of Borissov's government". Sofia Globe. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Iva Miteva from ITN Еlected National Assembly President Оnce Мore". Sofia, Bulgaria: Novinite.com. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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