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Eva Irgl
Member of the National Assembly for Ajdovščina Electoral District
Assumed office
3 October 2004
Personal details
BornDecember 9, 1976
Šempeter pri Gorici, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Political party Slovenian Democratic Party - SDS

Eva Irgl (born 9 December 1976) is a Slovenian politician and former TV host, currently serving as member of the Slovenian National Assembly.[1]

Life and career

Eva Irgl was born in Šempeter near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia, then part of former Yugoslavia. She was the daughter of an elementary schoolmaster. She spent her childhood in Vipava, Slovenia. She finished the grammar school in Ajdovščina and studied theology at the University of Ljubljana. During her studies, she had passed an audition for the Slovenian national television. She had hosted a TV show for three years and assisted in a morning programme. She also wrote columns for the Mag magazine, which had at the time a right of centre editorial policy.

In the 2004 parliamentary elections, she was elected to the Slovenian National Assembly on the list of the Slovenian Democratic Party. She was re-elected in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2018.

As an MP, she is sitting in the following parliamentary committees:

  • Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities [2] (Chair)
  • Committee on Domestic Policy, Public Administration and Justice [3] (Member)
  • Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technological Development [4] (Member)

Besides Slovene, she is fluent in English, Serbo-Croatian and Italian.

References

  1. ^ "the National Assembly of Republic of Slovenia". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  2. ^ Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities
  3. ^ Committee on Domestic Policy, Public Administration and Justice
  4. ^ Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technological Development