Vesna Pusić
| Vesna Pusić | |
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| President of the Croatian People's Party | |
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In office April 2000 – 6 April 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Radimir Čačić |
| Succeeded by | Radimir Čačić |
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In office 23 March 2013 – 16 April 2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Ivan Vrdoljak |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia | |
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In office 16 November 2012 – 22 January 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
| Preceded by | Radimir Čačić |
| Succeeded by | Tomislav Karamarko |
| Minister of Foreign and European Affairs | |
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In office 23 December 2011 – 22 January 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
| Preceded by | Gordan Jandroković |
| Succeeded by | Miro Kovač |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 April 1953 Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Political party | Croatian People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jurgis Oniunas |
| Children | Daina |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Website | Official website |
Vesna Pusić (pronounced [ʋɛ̂sna pǔːsitɕ]; born 25 March 1953) is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as a First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left Cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female Foreign Minister taking the office after Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. She is known as outspoken liberal and an advocate of European integration, gender equality and LGBT rights.
After becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s, Pusić served three consecutive terms as MP, having been elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2000, 2003, and 2007 parliament elections. She also ran in the 2009–10 presidential election, coming in fifth out of twelve candidates. During her 2008–2011 parliament term she chaired the parliamentary committee for tracking the progress of Croatia's accession negotiations with the European Union. She also held the post of Vice-President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR).
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