Violeta Bulc
Violeta Bulc | |
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European Commissioner for Transport | |
Assumed office 1 November 2014 | |
President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
Preceded by | Siim Kallas |
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia | |
In office 19 September 2014 – 1 November 2014 | |
Preceded by | Goran Manns |
Succeeded by | Alenka Smerkolj |
Personal details | |
Born | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) | 24 January 1964
Political party | Modern Centre Party |
Alma mater | University of Ljubljana Golden Gate University |
Violeta Bulc (born 24 January 1964) is a Slovenian politician who has served as the European Commissioner for Transport since 1 November 2014.
Early life
Bulc earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, as well as a master's degree in Information Technology at the Golden Gate University of San Francisco. She then worked from 1991 to 1994 as an expert for wide area networks performance analyses at Dhl Systems of Burlingame, California. In 1994 she returned to the then-independent Slovenia, where she worked as the Manager of Institutional Traffic (until 1997) and then the Director of Carrier Business (till 1999) for Telekom Slovenia. From 1999 to 2000 she was the vice-president of Telemach Ltd, a major telecommunications provider, and from 2000 to 2014 the CEO of Vibacom Ltd, Sustainable Strategies and Innovation Ecosystems.[1]
Politics
Bulc joined Slovenian politics together with Miro Cerar in 2013, and was appointed Chief of the Program Committee of the Miro Cerar Party.[1]
Bulc has been serving as a Minister without Portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion and Deputy Prime Minister since 19 September 2014 until 1 November 2014 in the centre-left Cabinet of Miro Cerar.[2]
Critique over esotericism
On 10 October 2014, the Slovenian government announced that Bulc was going to be Slovenia's nominee for the position of the European Commissioner on the Juncker Commission, replacing Alenka Bratušek.[3] Bulc was highly criticiced because of her esoteric views like necromancy, Herbert Reul MEP said she should maybe be hospitalised in a psyciatric ward. [4] After a confirmation hearing in front of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism, Bulc was assigned with the transport portfolio.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Violeta Bulc - European Commission". European Commission. 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Violeta Bulc, MSc takes over GODC". Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Violeta Bulc je slovenska kandidatka za evropsko komisarko". RTV SLO. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg,. "Violeta Bulc: Europa-Abgeordnete haben schwere Kritik an Esoterikerin - SPIEGEL ONLINE". m.spiegel.de.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Violeta Bulc Approved by European Parliament". Sloveniatimes.com. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
External links
- Media related to Violeta Bulc at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website