Romana Tomc Explained

Romana Tomc
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Office:Vice-Chair of the European People's Party in the European Parliament
Term Start:19 June 2024[1]
1Blankname:Chair
1Namedata:
2Blankname:Serving alongside
2Namedata:
Office1:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start1:1 July 2014
Constituency1:Slovenia
Office2:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start2:21 December 2011
Term End2:30 June 2014
Birth Date:2 November 1965
Birth Place:Ljubljana, Slovenia
Party:Slovenian Democratic Party
Otherparty:European People's Party

Romana Tomc (born 2 November 1965) is a Slovenian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Slovenia. She is a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party, part of the European People's Party.

Political career

Tomc has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2014 elections. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

In addition to her committee assignments, Tomc is part of the parliament's delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee. She is also a supporter of the MEP Alliance for Mental Health[2] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[3]

On the national level, Tomc was the candidate of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) in the 22 October 2017 presidential election, challenging incumbent Borut Pahor.[4] [5]

Recognition

In December 2020, Tomc received the Employment, Social Affairs and Regions award at The Parliament Magazines annual MEP Awards.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manfred Weber and the new EPP Group leadership team elected . www.eppgroup.eu . en.
  2. https://www.gamian.eu/activities/mep-alliance-mental-health/our-mep-supporters/ MEP Alliance for Mental Health: Our Supporters
  3. https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-mac-meps/ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature
  4. Web site: SDS entering presidential race with MEP Romana Tomc. STA. https://web.archive.org/web/20170910173630/https://english.sta.si/2426651/sds-entering-presidential-race-with-mep-romana-tomc. 10 September 2017. 9 September 2017. dead.
  5. Marja Novak (2 October 2017), >Poll shows Slovenian incumbent is front-runner in presidential vote Reuters.
  6. News: MEP Awards 2020: Reaction and comment from our winners. Johnson. Brian. 2 December 2020. The Parliament Magazine. 8 January 2021.