List of female members of the European Parliament for Croatia

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

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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'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

ImageNameNational partyEP GroupFirst electedYear leftRef.
1719236878189 20240612 BORZAN Biljana HR 14.jpg Biljana Borzan   Social Democratic Party   S&D 2013 Incumbent [10] [11] [12] [13]
Zdravka Busic (cropped).jpg Zdravka Bušić   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2014 [14]
Ivana MALETIC 2019 (cropped).jpg Ivana Maletić   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2019 [15] [16]
Sandra Petrovic Jakovina, Croatia.-MIP-Europaparlament-by-Leila-Paul-3.jpg Sandra Petrović Jakovina   Social Democratic Party   S&D 2013 2014 [17]
Dubravka Suica, October 2022 (cropped).jpg Dubravka Šuica   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2019 [lower-alpha 1] [18] [19] [20]
Croatian part- Citizens' Corner debate on EU policies for asylum seekers and immigrants (18432405134) (cropped).jpg Ruža Tomašić   Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (until 2014)
  Croatian Conservative Party (from 2015)		  ECR 2013 2021 [lower-alpha 2] [21] [22] [23]
Marijana Petir 2019 (cropped).jpg Marijana Petir None  EPP 2014 2019 [24]
Zeljana Zovko (cropped).jpg Željana Zovko   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2016 [lower-alpha 3] Incumbent [25] [26] [27]
1718810187481 20240619 GLAVAK Suncana HR 021.jpg Sunčana Glavak   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2019 Incumbent [28] [29]
Romana Jerkovic EU sluzbeno (cropped).jpg Romana Jerković   Social Democratic Party   S&D 2020 [lower-alpha 4] Incumbent [30] [31]
1719236856674 20240611 BRNJAC Nikolina HR 06.jpg Nikolina Brnjac   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2024 Incumbent [32]

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned to become a European Commissioner in the Von der Leyen Commission.
  2. ↑ Resigned and was replaced by Vladislav Ilčić.
  3. ↑ Elected after Ivan Tepeš refused to take his seat.
  4. ↑ Won the seat after Croatia gained one more seat because of Brexit.

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