Nikolina Brnjac Explained

Nikolina Brnjac
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Birth Date:11 July 1978
Birth Place:Karlovac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Spouse:Goran Brnjac
Children:2
Alma Mater:University of Zagreb
Constituency Mp:Croatia
Term Start:16 July 2024
Parliament:European
Office2:Minister of Tourism and Sports
Term Start2:23 July 2020
Term End2:17 May 2024
Primeminister2:Andrej Plenković
Predecessor2:Gari Cappelli
Successor2:Tonči Glavina

Nikolina Brnjac (born 11 July 1978[1]) is a Croatian politician of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia since 2024. She served as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2020 to 2024 in the Plenković II Cabinet.[2] [3]

Early life and education

Brnjac was born in Karlovac. She graduated at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb and earned the title of Doctor of Science in Transport and Traffic Technology in 2009. From 2002 to 2010, she worked as an assistant lecturer at the Faculty, until she became head of the Intermodal Transport Department, from 2010 to 2017.[4]

Political career

Brnjac became a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in 2016.[5] From 2017 to 2019, she served as the State Secretary for Transport in the Ministry of the Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure.[6] She was a candidate of the HDZ at the 2019 European Parliament election, but didn't win a seat.[7]

During the Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2020, Brnjac held the position of State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.[8] She was a candidate at the 2020 parliamentary election for the Electoral district VII, but she didn't win a seat.[9] [10]

Andrej Plenković named her Minister of Tourism and Sports in his Second Cabinet on 23 July 2020.[11] She won a seat at the 2024 European Parliament election.[12] In the European Parliament she is a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and a substitute on the Committee on Regional Development.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nikolina Brnjac. 10 August 2020. Government of the Republic of Croatia. hr.
  2. Web site: 20 July 2020. Croatian PM announces names of all cabinet ministers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200722172311/https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-pm-announces-names-of-all-cabinet-ministers/. 22 July 2020. 10 August 2020. Croatia Week.
  3. Web site: Members of the Government. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808215408/https://vlada.gov.hr/clanovi-vlade/66. 8 August 2020. 11 August 2020. Government of the Republic of Croatia. hr.
  4. Web site: Nikolina Brnjac . 2024-08-25 . mmpi.gov.hr.
  5. Web site: 2020-07-16 . Jutarnji list - Tko su novi ljudi u Vladi koji će prvi put biti ministri: Ovo su njihove životne priče . 2024-08-25 . www.jutarnji.hr . hr-hr.
  6. Web site: Nikolina Brnjac . 2024-08-25 . St. Gallen Symposium . en-US.
  7. Web site: Arhiva izbora Republike Hrvatske . 2024-08-25 . www.izbori.hr.
  8. Web site: Nikolina Brnjac . 2024-08-25 . St. Gallen Symposium . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2020-07-02 . Jutarnji list - Brnjac: 'Uspješni studenti javnih visokih učilišta trebaju i dalje imati besplatan studij' . 2024-08-25 . www.jutarnji.hr . hr-hr.
  10. Web site: Arhiva izbora Republike Hrvatske . 2024-08-25 . www.izbori.hr.
  11. Web site: 2020-07-26 . Hrvatska dobila novu vladu N1 Srbija . 2024-08-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726234628/http://rs.n1info.com/Region/a622874/Hrvatska-dobila-novu-vladu.html . 26 July 2020 .
  12. Web site: Rezultati - Izbori članova u Europski parlament 2024. . 2024-08-25 . www.izbori.hr.
  13. Web site: 1978-07-11 . Home Nikolina BRNJAC MEPs European Parliament . 2024-08-25 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.

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