Dubravka Šuica

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Dubravka Šuica (2019)

Dubravka Šuica (born May 20, 1957 in Dubrovnik , VR Croatia ) is a Croatian politician of the HDZ party . She was the mayor of Dubrovnik from 2001 to 2009 . She was a member of the European Parliament from July 1, 2013 to November 30, 2019 . Since December 1, 2019, she has been Vice President of the EU Commission and Commissioner with the official title New Momentum for European Democracy.

Life

Before taking office as mayor, the former teacher of English and German was the director of the Dubrovnik grammar school from 1996 to 2001.

She became a member of the city council and the district assembly in the late 1990s and took over the Dubrovnik-based HDZ in one of the worst phases in its history, when the public was shaken by the Dubrovačka banka affair and the secret partnership agreement over the criminal takeover of the bank. Her rise in the party began in the years when the HDZ lost power: she was elected to the Sabor in 2000 , and a year later became the first woman in history to head the city of Dubrovnik.

Dubravka Šuica is a member and a vice-president of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe .

In the accession-related by-election to the European elections on April 14, 2013, Šuica won one of the twelve Croatian mandates. It moved into the European Parliament on July 1, 2013.

In August 2019, the Croatian government proposed her as Commissioner for the von der Leyen Commission. In this context, a Croatian non-governmental organization and EU parliamentarian Martin Sonneborn asked where the five million euros of personal wealth came from.

She took up her post as Commissioner for New Momentum for European Democracy on December 1, 2019.

In the EU Parliament she was replaced by Sunčana Glavak in the 9th electoral term .

Web links

Commons : Dubravka Šuica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dpa: The new commissioners: From old hands and newcomers - the new EU Commission . In: The time . November 27, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed November 29, 2019]).
  2. ↑ HRT Voice of Croatia: September 30, 2019
  3. ↑ Željka Godeč: Pet stanica na putu do Bruxellesa . In: Jutarnji list . September 15, 2019 (Croatian, online ).
  4. ↑ EU nominees: Where did Suica's millions come from? euobserver.com, September 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ Croatian EU Commission candidate Šuica because of assets under pressure . In: The Standard .
  6. ↑ Why I will reject the EU Commission . In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 25, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Šuica, Dubravka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian politician (HDZ), mayor and MEP
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Dubrovnik , Croatia