Andro Krstulović Opara () (born 22 May 1967) is a Croatian politician and art historian who served as

Mayor of Split The Mayor of the City of Split ( hr, Gradonačelnik Grada Splita), colloquially the ''Poteštat'' (derived from "'' podestà''"), is the highest official of the Croatian city of Split. From 1990 to 2007 the mayor was elected by the city assembly. S ...

from 2017 to 2021.

Early life and education

Krstulović Opara was born on 22 May 1967 in

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where he finished elementary and high school, after which he enrolled at the Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from which he graduated in

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

and

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

. In 1993 he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and in 1995 from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Krstulović Opara is currently enrolled in the doctoral program Building heritage at the Zagreb Faculty of Architecture.

Political career

Krstulović Opara was elected to the

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at the 1990 first multi-party elections as one of the three representatives of students at the Council of Associated Labour (one of Parliaments' three houses that does not exist anymore), but in reality he represented Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union. In 1992 he was named head of Cabinet of the Minister of Science and Education, and in 1993 senior adviser to the deputy foreign minister. Between 1995 and 2000, Krstulović Opara served as consul adviser at the Croatian Consulate General in

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. In 2002 he became a senior diplomat – adviser for the Croatian relations with Italy and the Holy See at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Between 2002 and 2008 he served as a senior adviser – conservatory of cultural property at the Split Conservation Department of the

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. In 2008 Krstulović Opara become a senior curator and director of the Museums of Ivan Meštrović in Split, and in 2015, adviser for social activities to the

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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (; born 29 April 1968) is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as President of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and ...

. He was reelected to the Croatian Parliament at the 2016 parliamentary election. At the 2017 local elections, he was elected

Personal life

Krstulović Opara is married to Daniela Marasović with whom he has three children; two daughters and one son. His wife specialized internal medicine and subspecialized

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and

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. She works at Split Clinical Hospital Center and as an assistant professor at the Medical School of the

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. Krstulović Opara speaks Croatian,

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and

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fluently. He is a member of the Croatian Archaeological Society, Matica hrvatska, Split Literary Circle, HVK Gusar Split and Rotary club Split. On 23 January 2018, it was reported that Krstulović Opara suffered from malignant cancer of skin and mucous which spread to the brain. He is undergoing a treatment.

References

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