List of female members of the European Parliament for Croatia

This is a list of women who are or have been Members of the European Parliament for Croatia.

Members of the
European Parliament
for Croatia
Observers (2012)
7th term (2013)
8th term (2014)
9th term (2019)

Overview

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 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 of female Members of the European Parliament for Croatia
Name National party EP Group First elected Year left
Biljana Borzan[10]   Social Democratic Party   S&D 2013
Zdravka Bušić[11]   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2014
Ivana Maletić[12]   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2019
Sandra Petrović Jakovina[13]   Social Democratic Party   S&D 2013 2014
Dubravka Šuica[14]   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2019 - appointed to European Commission[14]
Ruža Tomašić[15]   Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević   ECR 2013
Marijana Petir[16] None   EPP 2014 2019
Željana Zovko[17]   Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)   EPP 2016
Romana Jerković[18]   Social Democratic Party (SDP)   S&D 2019 - Took seat after Brexit[18]
Sunčana Glavak[19]   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2019

See also

Further reading

References
  1. "Croatia elects 50/50 male female MEPs for European (...)". www.womenlobby.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  2. "Croatian MEP Appointed Rapporteur on Women's Rights in Western Balkans". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  3. "Women's rights in Western Balkans get European parliament support". Emerging Europe | News, Intelligence, Community. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  4. "Borzan appointed EP West Balkans women's rights rapporteur". N1 HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  5. Network, European Data Journalism. "EU closes in on target for gender parity in the European Parliament". European Data Journalism Network. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  6. "Women gaining ground in the European Parliament". France 24. 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  7. Editor (2019-05-22). "Women gaining ground in the European Parliament". International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics. Retrieved 2020-01-08.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  8. "Three Balkan Women Nominated for European Commission Posts". Balkan Insight. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  9. "Is Europe still a man's world?". EUobserver. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  10. "Home | Biljana BORZAN | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  11. "7th parliamentary term | Zdravka BUŠIĆ | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  12. "8th parliamentary term | Ivana MALETIĆ | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  13. "7th parliamentary term | Sandra PETROVIĆ JAKOVINA | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  14. "9. parlamentarni saziv | Dubravka ŠUICA | Zastupnici | Europski parlament". www.europarl.europa.eu (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  15. "Home | Ruža TOMAŠIĆ | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  16. "8th parliamentary term | Marijana PETIR | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  17. "Home | Željana ZOVKO | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  18. Morgan, Sam (2019-05-31). "Post-Brexit Parliament: Winners and losers". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  19. "Home | Sunčana GLAVAK | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-08.


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