Meglena Shtilianova Kuneva is a Bulgarian and EU politician.
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10 Facts About Meglena Kuneva
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Meglena Kuneva graduated in Law from Sofia University in 1981, and in 1984 she became a Doctor of Law.
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Meglena Kuneva worked as a journalist for the Law Programme of the Bulgarian National Radio while being an Assistant Professor at Sofia University.
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Meglena Kuneva represented the Bulgarian Government in the Convention on the Future of Europe, which designed the EU Constitutional Treaty .
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Meglena Kuneva 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.
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On 26 October 2006 Meglena Kuneva was nominated to be Bulgaria's first member of the European Commission.
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Meglena Kuneva commenced her mandate as EU Commissioner on 1 January 2007, when Bulgaria officially joined the EU.
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On 22 January 2007 Meglena Kuneva took an Oath as a European Commissioner at the European Court in Luxembourg.
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In October 2013, Meglena Kuneva announced her opposition to the ban on land sale to foreigners that was voted by the Bulgarian Parliament.
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Meglena Kuneva is married to financier Andrey Pramov, a son of the secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, and they have one son – Aleksandar.
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