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Kostadinka Kuneva is a Bulgarian. She used to be a cleaner in the Athens Metro when she became the leader of the cleaners' trade union of Athens, Greece. For her activities as a trade unionist she was splashed acid in the face on Christmas Eve of 2008. Despite of her grave injuries - burnt eyes, esophagus, an entirely disfigured face, she survived more than 40 operations. In 2014 Kostadinka Kuneva was elected to the European Parliament as a MEP from Greece with the votes of more than 300 000 Greek citizens, to continue her struggle for civil justice and workers' rights.