Jadranka Kosor
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Jadranka Kosor (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈjadranka ˈkɔsɔr]; born July 1, 1953) is a Croatian politician and former journalist. She became Croatia's first female Prime Minister on July 6, 2009, after the resignation of former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.
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Early life
Jadranka Kosor was born Jadranka Vlaisavljević in Pakrac and finished her primary education in Lipik. She went to school in Zagreb, where she graduated in law and began working as a journalist from 1972 as a correspondent for Večernji list and Radio Zagreb. In 1971, her book of poetry Koraci was published by the Pakrac branch of Matica hrvatska. During the Croatian War of Independence, she worked as a radio-journalist and her show covered war topics such as refugee problems and disabled war veterans. She also worked briefly as a correspondent for the BBC during this time. She has won awards from the Croatian Journalist Association for her work, as well as from the European Community for her humanitarian work.
Kosor has published four books, two of poetry and two related to the Croatian War of Independence. She has a son, Lovro.
Politics
In 1995, Kosor became a representative in the Croatian Parliament as a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). She was also the vice-president of the Croatian Parliament. From 1999 to 2000, she was president of the HDZ's Women's Association Katarina Zrinski. She is credited with the number of female candidates from the HDZ in the 2000 elections doubling.
Kosor was the vice-president of the HDZ party between 1995 and 1997, and from 2002 up to 2009, when she became the president of the party. In 2003, she became the minister in the Croatian department for Family, Veterans and Inter-generational Solidarity in the Croatian Government of Ivo Sanader.
HDZ nominated her as their presidential candidate for the presidential election of 2005. In the first round, she overtook Boris Mikšić by a few percent to reach the second place. She then faced off Stipe Mesić in the second round, but lost.
In July 2009, she took over as the head of the Croatian Democratic Union following the resignation of Ivo Sanader.
Prime minister
On July 1, 2009, Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader resigned, and suggested Kosor as the next prime minister. On July 6, she was confirmed as the first female prime minister of the Republic of Croatia by parliament. She received 83 votes from the 153-seat parliament. President Stjepan Mesić requested that she begin formation of a government, which she did and it contains many of the same cabinet members as her predecessor. Opposition MPs were displeased, saying they would have preferred an election.
Kosor has spoken to Croatian Radiotelevision about her policies, which involve saving money but not by "touching salaries or pensions for the moment".
Foreign relations
Kosor travelled to Beijing, China in 2008, where she met with Chinese president Hu Jintao and attended the opening of the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
Jadranka Kosor signed an agreement with Borut Pahor, the premier of Slovenia, in November 2009, that ended Slovenia's blockade of Croatia's EU accession and allowed Croatian EU entry negotiations to proceed.
References
- ^ Djetinjstvo Jadranke Kosor: ljepotica i vunderkind, Slobodna Dalmacija
- ^ a b c d Jadranka Kosor (Members of Government)
- ^ Manon Tremblay, Yvonne Galligan; Sharing power: women, parliament, democracy. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005. (p. 133)
- ^ "Croatia closer to first woman PM". BBC. 2009-07-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8134577.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ a b c d e "Croatia’s parliament votes to approve Kosor cabinet". The Sofia Echo. 2009-07-07. http://www.sofiaecho.com/2009/07/07/751407_croatias-parliament-votes-to-approve-kosor-cabinet. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Kosor Approved Croatia PM, Vows To Tackle Budget". javno. 2009-07-07. http://www.javno.com/en-croatia/kosor-approved-croatia-pm-vows-to-tackle-budget_268947. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ Jadranka Kosor u posjetu kod kineskog predsjednika
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- Jadranka Kosor's CV at the Croatian Government website
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| Preceded by Ivo Sanader |
President of the Croatian Democratic Union 2009–present |
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| Preceded by Mate Granić |
Croatian Democratic Union presidential candidate 2005 |
Succeeded by Andrija Hebrang |
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