Gabrijela Žalac (born 4 February 1979) is a Croatian politician. She served as Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds from 2016 to 2019.
Žalac was born on 4 February 1979 in Vinkovci. She graduated in economics at the University of Osijek where she also completed postgraduate studies in management at the same university. [1]
For more than ten years,Žalac worked on the development and implementation of projects,including using European funds. She served as director of the department of foreign and European affairs of the Vukovar-Srijem County administration and president of the regional development agency "Hrast". [2] In October 2016,on the recommendation of the Croatian Democratic Union,she was appointed Minister of Regional Development and Management of European Funds in the government of Andrej Plenković. [3] She held this position until July 2019.
In 2019,Žalac hit a nine-year-old child in Vinkovci while driving with an invalid license. She was fined of 500 kuna. The child was seriously injured in her legs. [4]
In 2021,Žalac was arrested by the European Attorney General's Office for corruption and embezzling funds [5] [6] and was investigated in 2023. [7] [8]
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