| Dubravka Šuica | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Dubrovnik | |
| In office October 2001 – June 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Vido Bogdanović |
| Succeeded by | Andro Vlahušić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1957 Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) |
Dubravka Šuica (born 20 May 1957) is a Croatian politician, member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and member of parliament. She served two consecutive terms as mayor of Dubrovnik between 2001 and 2009.
Born in Dubrovnik, Šuica graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1981 where she majored in English and German. She worked as high school teacher in Dubrovnik up until her mayoral election win in 2001.[1]
She became active in politics in 1990 when she joined HDZ. In 1998 she became head of the party's Dubrovnik branch and was elected to parliament on HDZ ticket three times in the 2000, 2003 and 2007 general elections. In 2001 she ran for mayor in the local elections and managed to beat incumbent Vido Bogdanović of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS).
She won another four-year mayoral term in 2005, but was beaten in her third local election in 2009 by opposition candidate and former health minister Andro Vlahušić of the liberal Croatian People's Party (HNS).[2]