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.
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.