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==Career== |
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Jurica was the Croatia Ambassador to the United States prior to taking office at the United Nations. He has also served as Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, Bulgaria |
Jurica was the Croatia Ambassador to the United States of America prior to taking office at the United Nations. He has also served as Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, Bulgaria and Norway. He was a founding member of the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] and served as Political Secretary. Following the [[Croatian parliamentary election, 1990|first democratic elections in Croatia]] in 1990, he was elected to the Parliament and served as Chairman of the Human Rights Committee (1990-1992), as well as, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (2003-2004). |
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He represents Croatia in the [[United Nations Security Council]] and served as the President of the Council in December 2008. |
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Jurica holds membership in the Croatian Writers' Association and [[P.E.N.]] (Poets, Essayists, and Novelists). From 1980 to 1989, he worked as a writer and published in excess of 16 books on literary theory and criticism. At the same time, he oversaw a literary forum, “Literary Friday”. |
Jurica holds membership in the Croatian Writers' Association and [[P.E.N.]] (Poets, Essayists, and Novelists). From 1980 to 1989, he worked as a writer and published in excess of 16 books on literary theory and criticism. At the same time, he oversaw a literary forum, “Literary Friday”. |
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Revision as of 22:15, 4 May 2009
H.E. Neven Jurica | |
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Permanent Representative to the UN for Croatia  | |
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| Born | 4 April 1952[1] |
Neven Jurica, (born 4 April 1952), is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Croatia. He took office in February 2008. Jurica is married with two children.
Education
Jurica has a degree in comparative literature and philosophy, and a master of arts in literary theory from the University of Zagreb.
Career
Jurica was the Croatia Ambassador to the United States of America prior to taking office at the United Nations. He has also served as Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, Bulgaria and Norway. He was a founding member of the Croatian Democratic Union and served as Political Secretary. Following the first democratic elections in Croatia in 1990, he was elected to the Parliament and served as Chairman of the Human Rights Committee (1990-1992), as well as, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (2003-2004).
He represents Croatia in the United Nations Security Council and served as the President of the Council in December 2008.
Jurica holds membership in the Croatian Writers' Association and P.E.N. (Poets, Essayists, and Novelists). From 1980 to 1989, he worked as a writer and published in excess of 16 books on literary theory and criticism. At the same time, he oversaw a literary forum, “Literary Friday”.
See also
- List of Permanent Representatives to the UN
- Parliament of Croatia
- Croatian War of Independence
- Croatian parliamentary election, 1990
References
- ^ Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, retrieved 2008-09-27
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