Marija Pejčinović Burić

Marija Pejčinović Burić (2017)

Marija Pejčinović Burić (born April 9, 1963 in Mostar ) is a Croatian politician ( HDZ ). She was Foreign Minister from June 2017 to July 2019 .

Life

Marija Pejčinović Burić grew up in Ljubuški as the daughter of a teacher couple and graduated from high school at the age of 17. She studied economics at the University of Zagreb from 1980 to 1985 and graduated. She then spent a total of 3 years as an au pair in Paris , London and Salamanca to improve her language skills. From 1988 to 1991 she worked in the foreign trade department of the electrical company Rade Končar .

From 1991 to 1994 she was Deputy General Secretary of the European Movement Croatia (Europski pokret Hrvatska), the Croatian branch of the European Movement International , and until 1997 General Secretary or Director of the European House (Europski dom) in Zagreb . At the same time, she completed her studies at the College of Europe . This was followed by a position in public relations at the pharmaceutical company Pliva .

From 2001 to 2002 she was a member of the negotiating team of the Republic of Croatia for the Stabilization and Association Agreement between the Republic of Croatia and the EU . She then held numerous other positions in the European Ministry and Foreign Ministry, from 2004 to 2008 and 2016 to 2017 as State Secretary.

From 2008 to 2011 she was a member of the Croatian Parliament . After the resignation of the previous Foreign Minister, Davor Stier , she succeeded him on June 19, 2017. On June 26, 2019, Pejčinović Burić was elected as the new Secretary General by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe . She followed Thorbjørn Jagland on September 18, 2019 .

Publications

Europe u Hrvatskoj. Vodič kroz europske integracije na internetu , 2002, ISBN 953-7010-13-9
EUphorie in Croatia , in: Kulturreport - EUNIC- Jahresbuch , vol. 1.2007: Progress Europe , pp. 103-106

Web links

CV on the homepage of the Croatian government (Croatian)

Marija Pejčinović Burić nova je ministrica vanjskih poslova, evo što trebate znati o njoj , dnevnik.hr , June 12, 2017

Jurica Körbler, Marija Pejčinović Burić. U mladosti je bila talentirana rukometašica, radila je u butiku u Zagrebu, au Londonu čuvala djecu bračnog para Ecclestone , jutarnji.hr, June 18, 2017

Individual evidence

↑ Croatia: Overview. September 4, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019 .
↑ Zagreb, July 19, 2019 - Gordan Grlić Radman assumes duty of foreign minister. July 19, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019 .
↑ Croatian Marija Pejcinovic Buric is Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Der Standard , June 26, 2019, accessed the same day.

personal data
SURNAME	Pejčinović Burić, Marija
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Croatian politician (HDZ)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 9, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mostar

[1] Croatia: Overview. September 4, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019 .

[2] Zagreb, July 19, 2019 - Gordan Grlić Radman assumes duty of foreign minister. July 19, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019 .

[3] Croatian Marija Pejcinovic Buric is Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Der Standard , June 26, 2019, accessed the same day.