Branka Valentić Explained

Branka Gabriela Vojvodić (born 1968) is a Croatian journalist and former political spokesperson currently serving as the director of HINA, Croatia's nationally-owned news service.

Vojvodić was born in 1968 in Bruchsal, Germany and grew up in Split.^{[1] [2]} She took her surname from her second husband actor Duško Valentić.^[3]

She released a personal account of motherhood entitled Dnevnik jedne mame (Diary of a Mother) in 2004.^[2]

She was a longtime contributor to the state-owned Vjesnik newspaper until it went out of business in 2012.^[4] She also served as spokesperson for the Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) until being named director of HINA in late 2012 by the Milanović government of which HSU was a part.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dobitnice novinarske nagrade Ženske mreže Hrvatske za rodno osjetljivo novinarstvo 2005.. Ženska mreža Hrvatske. 2016-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20100215004845/http://www.zenska-mreza.hr/Aktivnosti/danzena06_valentic.htm. 2010-02-15. dead.
2. Web site: Branka Valentić: Dnevnik jedne mame. culturenet.hr. 2016-02-05.
3. Web site: Duško Valentić i Branka Juras pred rastavom, više ne žive skupa. Večernji list. 2012-07-08. 2016-02-05.
4. Web site: Branka Valentić nova ravnateljica Hine. tportal.hr. 2012-12-27. 2016-02-05.