Marija Pejčinović Burić
| Marija Pejčinović Burić | |
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| First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia | |
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Assumed office 19 June 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Andrej Plenković |
| Preceded by | Davor Ivo Stier |
| 14th Minister of Foreign and European Affairs | |
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Assumed office 19 June 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Andrej Plenković |
| Preceded by | Davor Ivo Stier |
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| Born |
9 April 1963 Mostar, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Marija Pejčinović Burić (born 9 April 1963 in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian politician who has been the 14th Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia and Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia (along side Martina Dalić, Damir Krstičević and Predrag Štromar) since 19 June 2017. She is the third woman to hold the post of foreign minister, following Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Vesna Pusić. Pejčinović Burić previously served as a Member of Parliament during its Sixth Assembly (2008-2011), representing the 6th electoral district. She is a member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union party.
Pejčinović Burić graduated in Economics from the University of Zagreb in 1985. She then worked as a trade expert associate for Končar Inženjering in Zagreb between 1988 and 1991. In 1991 she was appointed Secretary General of the Europe House Zagreb and Deputy Secretary General of the European Movement Croatia. In 1994 she obtained a Master of Science in European Studies from the College of Europe (campus Natolin), after which she went back to work for Končar Inženjering. In 1997 she was appointed director of corporate communications for the Zagreb-based pharma company Pliva.
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