Nedzhmi Ali Explained

Nedzhmi Ali
Birth Date:16 July 1972
Birth Place:Dzhebel, Bulgaria
Profession:Politician
Nationality:Bulgarian

Nedzhmi Ali (Bulgarian: Неджми Али; born 16 July 1972 in Dzhebel, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian politician of Bulgarian-Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

Biography

Ali became a Member of the European Parliament of 2004–9 with effect from 1 January 2007 upon the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union.

In 2013 he was appointed to the post of Bulgarian Vice-minister of Defence.

In May 2014 he returned to the European Parliament as an elected MEP. He currently sits on the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control.

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