Nedzhmi Ali


Nedzhmi Ali is a Bulgarian politician of Bulgarian-Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.

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.