List of female members of the European Parliament for Croatia

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Observers (2012)
7th term (2013)
8th term (2014)
9th term (2019)
Women

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 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

ImageNameNational partyEP GroupFirst electedYear left
Biljana Borzan - Croatian part- Citizens' Corner debate on gender equality in EU labour markets (31691251574).jpg Biljana Borzan [10]   Social Democratic Party   S&D 2013
Zdravka Busic (cropped).jpg Zdravka Bušić [11]   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2014
Ivana Maletić [12]   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2019
Sandra Petrovic Jakovina, Croatia.-MIP-Europaparlament-by-Leila-Paul-3.jpg Sandra Petrović Jakovina [13]   Social Democratic Party   S&D 2013 2014
Hearing of Dubravka Suica (Croatia) - Democracy and demography (48838221646) (cropped).jpg Dubravka Šuica [14]   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2013 2019 - appointed to European Commission [14]
Croatian part- Citizens' Corner debate on EU policies for asylum seekers and immigrants (18432278524) (cropped).jpg Ruža Tomašić [15]   Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević   ECR 2013 2021 (resigned)
None  EPP 2014 2019
Zeljana Zovko (cropped).jpg Željana Zovko [17]   Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)  EPP 2016
Romana Jerkovic EU sluzbeno.jpg Romana Jerković [18]   Social Democratic Party (SDP)  S&D 2019 - Took seat after Brexit [18]
Sunčana Glavak [19]   Croatian Democratic Union   EPP 2019

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