Dubravka Šuica

Dubravka Šuica
Member of the European Parliament for Croatia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2013
Mayor of Dubrovnik
In office October 2001 – June 2009
Preceded by	Vido Bogdanović
Succeeded by	Andro Vlahušić
Personal details
Born	(1957-05-20) 20 May 1957 Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	Croatian Democratic Union
Alma mater	University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Dubravka Šuica (born 20 May 1957) is a Croatian politician, member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and member of parliament. She served two consecutive terms as mayor of Dubrovnik between 2001 and 2009.

Born in Dubrovnik, Šuica graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1981 where she majored in English and German language. She worked as high school teacher, university professor and principal in Dubrovnik up until her mayoral election win in 2001. She won another four-year mayoral term in 2005. She was the first female mayor of Dubrovnik in the history.

She became active in politics in 1990 when she joined HDZ. In 1998 she became head of the party's Dubrovnik branch and she was reelected several times, last time in March 2012.

Dubravka Šuica was elected as the member of Croatian parliament on HDZ ticket three times in the 2000, 2003 and 2007. She hold several positions in Croatian parliament Committees.

In 2004. she was elected for Vice president of Congres of Local and Regional Authorities in the Council of Europe. She was reelected for that position in 2006., 2008. 2010 and 2012.

In May 2012. Dubravka Šuica was elected as vice president of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). She is also the president of Foreign and European Affairs Committee of HDZ.

In October 2012. she was elected vicepresident of EPP Women.

In the European elections of 2013, she was elected euro-observer in the European Parliament. On 1 July 2013, after Croatia joins the European Union, she was sworn in as full MEP.

External links

• World Mayor profile
• Profile at the Croatian Parliament website Template:Hr icon
• Dubravka Šuica CV

* Personal webpage (in Croatian)