Ingrid Antičević-Marinović | |
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Justice of the Constitutional Court of Croatia | |
Assumed office 07 June 2016 |
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President | Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović |
9th Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government | |
In office 28 September 2001 – 23 December 2003 |
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President | Stjepan Mesić |
Prime Minister | Ivica Račan |
Preceded by | Stjepan Ivanišević |
Succeeded by | Vesna Škare-Ožbolt |
Personal details | |
Born |
Marija Antičević 4 October 1957 Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
Political party |
Social Democratic Party (1990-2016) |
Spouse(s) | Marko Marinović |
Children | Dan |
Alma mater | University of Split |
Ingrid Antičević-Marinović (born 4 November 1957) is a Croatian politician and lawyer who serves as justice of the Constitutional Court of Croatia since 7 June 2016. She had previously served as a 9th Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government in the center-left Cabinet of Ivica Račan II from 2001 to 2003. She was the first woman to serve as Justice Minister in Croatia as well as first woman lawyer in Zadar's history.
After becoming involved in politics in year 1990 by joining Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), Antičević-Marinović served five consecutive terms as MP, having been elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 parliament elections, representing the 9th electoral district.
Ingrid Antičević-Marinović was born as Marija Antičević on 18 July 1958 in Zadar to Pavao and Huanita Antičević. She has two years older brother Zvonimir. She finished elementary and high school in her home town after which she enrolled in the Faculty of Law of the University of Split from which she graduated in 1980.
At the fourth year of study she became pregnant and married lawyer Marko Marinović. Her husband at first worked as a legal clerk in the Yugoslav People's Army, and after that assistant district attorney in Zadar, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Interior of the Zadar municipality and eventually lawyer in a private practice.