Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Political career

In May 2014 Ilhan Kyuchyuk was elected as a Member of the European Parliament from the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). Kyuchyuk is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union and substitute member of the Committee on Culture and Education and of the Delegation for relations with the United States.

Since November 2014 he is member of the Human rights Committee of the Liberal International. Between June 2013 and May 2014 he held the post of Parliamentary secretary of Daniela Bobeva, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria in charge of the economic policy.

Kyuchyuk has been a member of the Youth Movement for Rights and Freedom since 2005 and in November 2012 he became its President. He served as a political adviser to the Headquarter of the Movement for Rights and Freedom between 2010 and 2014. He was elected as member of the board of the National Youth Forum in 2010 and in 2011 he became the vice president of the organization.

Education

He graduated from Veliko Tarnovo University “St. Cyril and Methodii” with a BA in Political studies and a MA in Law. In 2014 Mr. Kyuchyuk graduated from the Specialized International Cycles in Public Administration (CISAP) organized by the École nationale d’administration.

He has participated in various political trainings, such as the World Forum for Democracy, organized by the Council of Europe; Governing Skills program of the Bulgarian school of politics “Dimitar Panitsa”; the US State department’s program on European economic, social and political issues; Promoting Tolerance program of the American Jewish Committee and FNF; the Public Policies Academy in Prague; FNF’s Liberal academy in Gummersbach; Rossotrudnichestvo’s program on Foreign Affairs in Russia.

He speaks English, Russian and Turkish.