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