List of female members of the European Parliament for Croatia

This is a list of women who are or have been members of the European Parliament for Croatia.

Overview In 2013, when Croatia first elected MEPs, 6 of the 12 elected were women.

In November 2018, Biljana Borzan was appointed as the European Parliament's rapporteur on women's rights in the Western Balkans in order to help women in Croatia.

At the 2019 European Parliament election, Europe overall was said to have poor gender representation of MEPs elected, in Croatia 6 of the 12 MEPs elected were women.

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen appointed three women from Balkan countries to her commission as part of scheme to promote women, one of which was Dubravka Suica, to serve as the vice-president for Democracy and Demography.

Croatia uses gender quotas in their elections to the European Parliament, and have been praised for their gender representation among elected politicians.

List ImageNameNational partyEP GroupFirst electedYear left Biljana Borzan Social Democratic Party S&D2013IncumbentZdravka Bušić Croatian Democratic Union EPP20132014Ivana Maletić Croatian Democratic Union EPP20132019Sandra Petrović Jakovina Social Democratic Party S&D20132014Dubravka Šuica Croatian Democratic Union EPP20132019Ruža Tomašić Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (until 2014) Croatian Conservative Party (from 2015) ECR20132021Marijana PetirNone EPP20142019 Croatian Democratic Union EPP2016IncumbentSunčana Glavak Croatian Democratic Union EPP2019IncumbentRomana Jerković Social Democratic Party S&D2020IncumbentNikolina Brnjac Croatian Democratic Union EPP2024Incumbent

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See also Women in Croatia Croatia (European Parliament constituency)

Further reading Women In The European Parliament - Official material from the European Parliament

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