| Tonino Picula | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 27 January 2000 – 22 December 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Ivica Račan |
| Preceded by | Mate Granić |
| Succeeded by | Miomir Žužul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1961 Mali Lošinj, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Croatia |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) |
Tonino Picula (born August 31, 1961 in Mali Lošinj, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian politician of the left-oriented Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). He served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003.
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Picula completed both primary and secondary education at Šibenik. He graduated sociology at Zagreb's University. He is a long-time member of the SDP and was the party's Secretary of international relations from 1993 to 2000. He also led the SDP branch in Velika Gorica from 1997 to 2000. He has been member of the Croatian Parliament for several mandates.
After the year 2000 elections in which SDP, under Ivica Račan, won in a broad coalision, he was appointed to be Foreign Minister until the end of the governments mandate in 2003.
During his term in office, Croatia had several important foreign-relation successes, including becoming a candidate for NATO and the European Union.
During local elections in 2005, he was elected mayor of Velika Gorica. After Ivica Račan died in mid-2007, Picula ran to succeed him as president, but lost during the first round of elections to Zoran Milanović and Željka Antunović.
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| Preceded by Mate Granić |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 2000–2003 |
Succeeded by Miomir Žužul |
| Preceded by ? |
Mayor of Velika Gorica 2005–2009 |
Succeeded by Dražen Barišić |
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