Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Ministers of the
Republic of Croatia/ Republika Hrvatska (Female
Suffrage 1945) Part of Austro-Hungarian Empire 1526-1918, Declared
independence 1918 and later became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes, the Later Yugoslavia, before becoming independent 1992
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1945-53 Finance
Minister Anka Berus
1953-60s
Member of the
Executive Council of
Yugoslavia
Involved in the resistance movement, Member of the Croatian Assembly and
Federal Parliament and lived (1903-80).
1947-49
Minister for Communal Affairs Dina Zlatic
(b. 1914)
After
1957 Member of the Executive Council and Mayor of Zagreb Soka Krajačić
(b. 1917)
After
1957 Member of the Executive Council Anica Magašić
(b.1914)
1958-62
Member of the Executive Council Beška Frntić
(b. 1913)
1960's
Member of the Executive Council and Secretary for Finance Radojka Katic
(b. 1922) (see also Yugoslavia)
1963-65
Secretary for Education Milka Planinc
1967-71 President of
Assembly
1971-82 Leader of the
Communist Party in Croatia
In 1957 Secretary of
Treönjevka People’s Assembly, 1961-63 Secretary of Cultural Affairs of the
City of Zagreb, 1982-86 Premier Minister of Yugoslavia. (b. 1924-)
1963-65
Secretary for Health and Social Care Dušnka Grubor
Ca. 1970
Undersecretary for Health and Social Care
(b. 1917)
Ca.
1960's Secretary for Education and Culture Mirjana Krstinić
Prior to that, she
was Undersecretary for Education and Culture. Member of the Federal Executive
Committee. (b. 1925-)
1965-69-?
Member of the Executive Council Milka Kufrin
(b. 1921)
(see Yuguslavia)
1967-69 President of the Executive Committee Savka Dabčević-Kúčar
1969-70 Leader of
Communist Party in Croatia
Dismissed as
CP-leader by Marshal Tito because he considered her views as too liberal, 1970-71
Co-Leader of the Croatian Spring- movement, since 1990 Chairperson of the
Democratic Party and Presidential Candidate in 1992. She lived (1923-2009)
1968-7?
Undersecretary for Education, Culture and physical culture Narcisa Ćemalović
(b. 1923)
Ca.
1970-? Member of Executive Council Agata Pavlinić
(b. 1926)
1985-86
President of the Presidency Ema Derossi-Bjelajac
She is born in
Labin which was then part of Italy. (b. 1926-)
1991-92
Deputy Minister of Education, Culture and Sport
1992-94 Minister of
Education, Culture and Sport Vesna Girardi Jurkić
Ambassador
to UNESCO in 1995.
1993
Deputy Premier Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communication Ljerka Mintas-Hodak
1995-2000 Deputy
Premier Minister in charge of Social Affairs
1995-99 Minister in
Charge of Internal Policy, Public Services and Social Sector
1998-2000 Minister of
European Integration
In 1990 Advisor in
the President’s Office, 1991-92 Head of Croatian Office with the European
Union Monitoring Mission in Zagreb, 1995 Advisor to the Premier Minister in
charge Maritime Affairs. Vice-Chairperson of the HDZ-Party, the ruling party
1991-2000. (b. 1952-)
1994-95
Minister of Education and Sport Ljilja Vokić
1997-98 Minister of
Education and Sport
1994-
Government Secretary Jagoda Premužić
Deputy Secretary
General of the Executive Council of the Parliament 1989-94, and Deputy
Government Secretary in 1994. (b. 1954-)
1995-96
Minister of Ecology, Urban Development, Construction and Housing
2003-10 Minister of Environment, Physical Planning and Construction Marina Martulović-Dropulić
In 1990 Vice-President
of the Executive Council of the City Assembly, 1993 Deputy Mayor of Zagreb, 1996
Appointed Mayor of Zagreb by President Tuzman
and remained in office until 2000 even though the opposition parties had the
majority in the City Council.
Ca.
1998-2000 Deputy Minister of Justice Snježana Bagić
1999-2000 Deputy
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
Vera Babić
2004-11 State Secretary of Economy, Labour and
Entrepreneurship
She was Assistant Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Ca.
1998-99 and 2000-03
Ca.
1998-2000 Deputy Minister of Tourism Vinka Cetinski
1999-2000
Minister of Science and Technology Milena Žic-Fuchs, PhD
(b. 1954-)
1999-2000 Minister of Education and Sports Nansi Ivanišević
2000-03 Deputy Premier Minister (Social Affairs) Dr. Željka Antunović
2002-03 Minister of Defence
Deputy President of Social Democratic Party of Croatia
(SDP) since 2000, Acting Leader April-June 2007 and candidate for the
leadership, Vice-President of the Sabor since 2008. (b. 1955-).
2000-02 Minister of Health Ana Stravljević Rukavina
2000-03 Minister of Tourism Pava Župan Rusković
2000-03 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affaris Vesna Cvjetković-Kurelec, Ph.d
2000-03 Deputy Minister of Culture Biserka Cvjetičanin, Ph.d
2000-03 Deputy Minister of European Integration Mirjana Mladineo
Also Head of the Office for European Integration
with Suzi Matic Kovacevic as Deputy Head. Ambassador to the European Union
2003-05 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2005.
2000-03 Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Dubravka Jurlina-Alibegović
2000-03 Spokesperson of the Government Aleksandra Kolarić
Journalist (b. 1966-)
2001-03 Minister of Justice, Administration and Local Self-Government Ingrid
Antičević-Marinović
2001 Assistant Minister of
Foreign Affairs Đurđa Adlešić
2008-10 Deputy Prime Minister in charge of
Interior Policy
Djurda Adelesic is former Mayor of Bjelovar,
Vice-President of the Social Liberal
Party, HSLS 2000-06 and then
Leader of a new party formed as a merger between the Croatian
Social-Liberal Party and Liberal Party - also named HSLS until 2010. Around
2000 and 2001-08 President of the Parliamentary Committee on National
Security, Vice-President of the Sabor
2004-08 and Presidential Candidate in 2005.
(b. 1960-).
2003-09 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Family, Veteran Affairs and
Inter-Generation Solidarity Jadranka Kosor
2008-09 In charge of Foreign Policy and Human Rights
2009-11 Prime Minister
Vice-President of the Sabor 1995-2000 and from 2011, Deputy Chairperson of HDZ 1995-97 and
2003-09 and Chairperson from 2009.
Presidential Candidate in 2005. Became Prime Minister
after the resignation of her predesessor. (b.
1953-).
2003-08 Minister of European Integration Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
2005-08 Foreign Minister
English and Spanish languages professor and former adviser in the Foreign
Ministry. (b. 1968-).
2003-06 Minister of Justice Vesna Škare-Ožbolt
Former Advisor of the late President Tudjman. From 2003 Leader of Head of
Democratic Center (splitters from HDZ), which was not represented in the
parliament from 2007. Presidential Candidate in 2009. (b. 1961-).
2003-08 State Secretary of Finance Martina Dalić
2010-11 Finance Minister
Assistant Minister of Finance 1999-2000. Bank Director until 2010. (b. 1967-)
2003-08 State Secretary and Head of the Prime Minister's Office Bianca Matković
2008-09 State Secretary of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
2009-10 Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration
2004-08 State Secretary of Environmental Protection,
Physical Planning and Construction Višnja Jelić Mück
2004-08 State Secretary of European
Integration Marija Pejčinović Burić
2004-11 State Secretary of the Economy, Labour and
Entrepreneurship Tajana Kesić Šapić
2006-08 Minister of Justice Ana Lovrin
MP from the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and former Deputy Mayor and Mayor of
Zadar.
2008-11 State Secretary of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Maja Vrtarić
2008-11 State Secretary of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Josipa Blažević-Perušić
2008-11 State Secretary of Health and Social Welfare Dorica Nikolić
2008-11 State Secretary of Science, Education and Sports Zrinka Kovačević
2008-11 State Secretary of Culture Nina Obuljen
2010-11
Secretary of the Government Jagoda
Premužić
2011- Vice-Prime Minister and Minister
of Social Welfare and Youth
Milanka Opačić
Vice-President
of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia and MP from 1992. (b. 1962-)
2011- Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Vesna Pusić
Chairperson
of Croatian of Narodna
Stranka 2000-05 and of the
Narodna Stranka-Liberalni
Demokrati
2005-08,
Vice-President of the Sabor
2003-04 and Presidential Candidate in 2009 and Foreign Minister from 2011. (b.
1953-)
2011- Minister of Environmental Protection and Nature Mirela Holy
2011- Minister of Culture
Andrea Zlatar-Violić