Irena Joveva was born on 26 February 1989 and is a Slovenian politician and a former news reporter.
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Irena Joveva was elected as a Member of the European Parliament and is part of the Slovenian political party Freedom Movement, affiliated with the Renew Europe political group on the European level.
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Irena Joveva previously worked in the domestic political editorial team of the Slovenian Press Agency and as a journalist on the 24UR news program on POP TV.
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Irena Joveva grew up in a working-class family in Jesenice.
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Irena Joveva's parents moved to Slovenia more than a decade before her birth as economic migrants from where is North Macedonia, then Yugoslavia.
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Irena Joveva graduated in International Relations and completed her master's degree in World Studies in 2017, focusing on the European Union's approach to the Macedonian national issue.
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Irena Joveva was employed in the domestic political editorial team of the Slovenian Press Agency.
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Irena Joveva's coverage included domestic politics and the public sector.
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Irena Joveva's reporting focused on domestic politics, foreign affairs, European topics, migration, arbitration, and protests across Europe.
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Irena Joveva was elected with the second-highest number of preferential votes and became a Member of the European Parliament.
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Irena Joveva is a member of the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
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Irena Joveva was involved in the Special Committee on Beating Cancer, which prepared a European strategy to fight cancer.
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Irena Joveva is a member of the delegations for North Macedonia, Palestine, Central Asian, African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries.
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Irena Joveva is a member of the European Parliament groups: Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas and the MEPs Against Cancer group.