Members of the European Parliament for Croatia | |
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Observers | (2012) |
7th term | (2013) |
8th term | (2014) |
9th term | (2019) |
Women | |
This is a list of women who are or have been members of the European Parliament for Croatia.
Overview
[edit]In 2013, when Croatia first elected MEPs, 6 of the 12 elected were women.[1]
In November 2018, Biljana Borzan was appointed as the European Parliament's rapporteur on women's rights in the Western Balkans[2][3] in order to help women in Croatia.[4]
At the 2019 European Parliament election, Europe overall was said to have poor gender representation of MEPs elected,[5] in Croatia 6 of the 12 MEPs elected were women.[6][7]
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen appointed three women from Balkan countries to her commission as part of scheme to promote women, one of which was Dubravka Suica, to serve as the vice-president for Democracy and Demography.[8]
Croatia uses gender quotas in their elections to the European Parliament, and have been praised for their gender representation among elected politicians.[9]
List
[edit]Image | Name | National party | EP Group | First elected | Year left |
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Biljana Borzan[10] | Social Democratic Party | S&D | 2013 | |
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Zdravka Bušić[11] | Croatian Democratic Union | EPP | 2013 | 2014 |
Ivana Maletić[12] | Croatian Democratic Union | EPP | 2013 | 2019 | |
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Sandra Petrović Jakovina[13] | Social Democratic Party | S&D | 2013 | 2014 |
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Dubravka Šuica[14] | Croatian Democratic Union | EPP | 2013 | 2019 - appointed to European Commission[14] |
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Ruža Tomašić[15] | Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević | ECR | 2013 | 2021 (resigned) |
Marijana Petir[16] | None | EPP | 2014 | 2019 | |
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Željana Zovko[17] | Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) | EPP | 2016 | |
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Romana Jerković[18] | Social Democratic Party (SDP) | S&D | 2019 - Took seat after Brexit[18] | |
Sunčana Glavak[19] | Croatian Democratic Union | EPP | 2019 | ||
Nikolina Brnjac | Croatian Democratic Union | EPP | 2024 |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Women In The European Parliament - Official material from the European Parliament
References
[edit]- ^ "Croatia elects 50/50 male female MEPs for European (...)". European Women's Lobby. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Croatian MEP Appointed Rapporteur on Women's Rights in Western Balkans". Total Croatia News. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Women's rights in Western Balkans get European parliament support". Emerging Europe. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Borzan appointed EP West Balkans women's rights rapporteur". N1 HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "EU closes in on target for gender parity in the European Parliament". European Data Journalism Network. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Women gaining ground in the European Parliament". France 24. 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Women gaining ground in the European Parliament". International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Three Balkan Women Nominated for European Commission Posts". Balkan Insight. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Is Europe still a man's world?". EUobserver. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Biljana BORZAN". MEPs | European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Zdravka BUŠIĆ". MEPs | European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Ivana MALETIĆ". MEPs | European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Sandra PETROVIĆ JAKOVINA". MEPs | European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ a b "Dubravka ŠUICA". MEPs | European Parliament (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Ruža TOMAŠIĆ". MEPs | European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Marijana PETIR". MEPs | European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Željana ZOVKO". MEPs | European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ a b Morgan, Sam (2019-05-31). "Post-Brexit Parliament: Winners and losers". Euractiv. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Sunčana GLAVAK". MEPs | European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-01-08.