Jadranka Kosor

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Jadranka Kosor, Former Prime Minister of Croatia, during The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2013
Jadranka Kosor
9th Prime Minister of Croatia
In office

6 July 2009 – 23 December 2011

President Stjepan Mesić

Ivo Josipović

Preceded by Ivo Sanader
Succeeded by Zoran Milanović
Personal details
Born 1 July 1953 (age 61)

Pakrac, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia

Political party League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Before 1990)

Croatian Democratic Union (1995–2013)
Independent (since March 2013)

Alma mater University of Zagreb
Profession Journalist


Jadranka Konsor was born on July 1, 1953. She is the first woman to have served as Prime Minister of Croatia, from 2009 to 2011, since the country’s independence. Her mandate is marked by a strong anti-corruption and organized crime stance, as well as the introduction of a new criminal code. She is credited for the success of the negotiation process of the Croatian Accession to the European Union in 2011.

Political Career

In 1989, she joined the Croatian Democratic Union Party (HDZ). She became the party vice-president and was elected as a representative in the Croatian in 1995. From 2002 to 2009, she became the President of the HDZ. In 2003, she was appointed as the Minister for Family. In 2009, she became Prime Minister of Croatia after Ivi Sanader’s resignation.

Education

Jadranka Konsor graduated from Law School in Zagreb. She started working as a journalist in 1972 and then became a radio-journalist, as well as a brief correspondent for the BBC till the end of the Croatian War of Independence.

Further information

Cultural Diplomacy Lecture: Jadranka Kosor "Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building Bridges for a United Global Community" (Berlin; December 17th - 21st, 2013)

External Links

Academy of Cultural Diplomacy: Jadranka Kosor