Tonino Picula
| Tonino Picula | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Croatia |
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Assumed office 1 July 2013 |
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| Observer of the European Parliament for Croatia | |
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In office 1 April 2012 – 1 July 2013 |
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| 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 27 January 2000 – 22 December 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Ivica Račan |
| Preceded by | Mate Granić |
| Succeeded by | Miomir Žužul |
| Mayor of Velika Gorica | |
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In office 17 June 2005 – 17 June 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ivan Šuker |
| Succeeded by | Dražen Barišić |
| Personal details | |
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31 August 1961 Mali Lošinj, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Croatia |
| Spouse(s) | Mirjana Mikić |
| Children | Petra (b. 2009) |
| Alma mater |
University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) |
| Website | www |
Tonino Picula (born 31 August 1961) is a Croatian politician who currently serves his second term as a Croatian Member of the European Parliament, had previously served as a Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 and as a Mayor of Velika Gorica from 2005 to 2009.
After becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s, Picula served four consecutive terms as Member of the Croatian Parliament, having been elected in the 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011 parliament elections.
In 2014 European Parliament elections Picula received 125,603 preferential votes, which is more than all the other candidates who participated in this election.
Picula is a member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). After Zoran Milanović announced on September 12, 2016 that he would not run for another term as SDP president, Picula expressed his intentions of running for the position.
Picula was born in Mali Lošinj and completed both primary and secondary education at Šibenik. He graduated sociology at Zagreb's University. He is a long-time member of the SDP and was the party's Secretary of international relations from 1993 to 2000. He also led the SDP branch in Velika Gorica from 1997 to 2000. He has been member of the Croatian Parliament for several mandates.
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