Worldwide Guide to Women
in Leadership
Female Leaders of
Croatia Parties
Also see Croatia Ministers
1969-71 Chief Secretary of the Communist Party Dr. Savka Dabcevic-Kúcar
1990-98 Chairperson of the Hrvatska Narodna Stranka (People's Party)
Premier of Croatia and Presidential Candidate in 1992. She lived (1923-2009)
1992-? President Dalmatinka Akcija (Dalmatian Action) Dr. Mira Ljubic-Lorger
Circa 1996-2000 Vice-President of HDZ Vesna
Škare-Ožbolt
2003-
Leader of The Democratic Center
Democratic Center is a Spliner party from HDZ. In 2003 they entered a coalition
together and she became Minister of Justice. Presidential Candidate in 2009. (b. 1961-).
1995-97 and 2003-09 Vice-President of HDZ
Jadranka Kosor
2009-12 Party Leader
2011-12 Leader of thhe Opposition
Vice-President of the Sabor 1995-2000, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Family, War Veterans and Inter-Generation Solidarity 2003-09 and
Prime Minister 2009-11. (b.
1953-).
Circa 1996-2000 1. Vice-President of HDZ Dr. Ljerka Mintas-Hoda
2000-05 Chairperson
of Narodna
Stranka (Peoples Party) Vesna Pusić
2005-08 Chaiperson of the
Narodna Stranka-Liberalni
Demokrati (Peoples Party-Liberal Democrats)
2013- President
of the Narodna Stranka-Liberalni
Demokrati (Peoples Party-Liberal Democrats)
Vice-President of the Sabor 2003-04. She became the leader after
the merger of the two parties. Presidential Candidate in 2009 and Foreign
Minister from 2011.
2000-06 Vice-President of
the Social Liberal Party, HSLS, Đurđa Adlešić
2006-10 Party Leader
Djurdja Adelesic is former Mayor of Bjelovar.
Around
2000 and President of the Parliamentary Committee on National
Security 2001-08. 2001 Deputy Foreign
Minister and 2004-08 Vice-President of the Sabor. 2006
Leader of a new party formed as a merger between the Croatian
Social-Liberal Party and Liberal Party - also named HSLS. Vice-Premier
from 2008.
(b. 1960-).
2000- Deputy President of Social Democratic Party of Croatia
(SDP) Željka Antunović
2007 Acting Leader (April-June)
Candidate for the
party
leadership 2007, Deputy Premier 2000-03, Minister of Defence 2002-03 and Vice-President of the Sabor
from 2008. (b. 1955-).
2004-08 Chairperson of the Parliamentary Club of
Minority Rights Zdenka Čuhnil
She belongs to the Czech and Slovakian national minority.
2009- President of the Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević Ruža Tomašić
MP and MEP from 2013