Romana Jordan Cizelj (born on 8 January 1966 in Celje, Styria) is a Slovenian politician and physicist, and a Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Celje (German Cilli, Hungarian Cille) (46. ... Styria (Štajerska in Slovenian) is an informal province (pokrajina) in northeast Slovenia, known for its white wine. ... As a young independent republic, Slovenia pursued economic stabilization and further political openness, while emphasizing its Western outlook and central European heritage. ... Physics (from the Greek, φυσικός (phusikos), natural, and φύσις (phusis), nature) is the science of nature in the broadest sense. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... The Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS — Slovenian: Slovenska demokratska stranka), previously the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia (Slovenian: Socialdemokratska stranka Slovenije) is a political party in Slovenia. ... Logo of the European Peoples Party The European Peoples Party is a Christian democrat-conservative political party at European level founded in 1976. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, a substitute for the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013, a member of the delegation for relations with the United States, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Canada.

Education

• 1990: Degree in electrical engineering
• 1994: master's degree in nuclear engineering
• Ph.D in nuclear engineering (2001)

Career

• 1990-2004: Researcher at the Jožef Stefan Institute
• 1998-2002: Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of the Municipality of Domžale
• 2002-2004: Member of Domžale Municipal Council
• Member of the Management Board and Secretary of the University Science Forum
• Member of the Management Board and Vice-President of the Slovenian Committee for NATO
• President of the Nuclear Society of Slovenia
• Srebrna vrtnica (Silver Rose) and Zlata vrtnica (Golden Rose) merit awards from the SDS party

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External links

• Official website (http://www.rjordancizelj.si/)
• European Parliament biography of Romana Jordan Cizelj (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28291)
• Declaration (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/28291_20-01-2009.PDF) of financial interests (in Slovene; PDF file)