Dalija Orešković (born 18 June 1977) is a Croatian lawyer and politician. She served as the president of the Conflict of Interest Commission from 2013 to 2018. She was the leader of the

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...

START, founded in 2019. She stepped down from the position of party leader in 2020, when the party changed its name to

Party with a First and Last Name The Party with a First and Last Name ( hr, Stranka s imenom i prezimenom) was a Croatian political party founded by Dalija Orešković. History In October 2018 Dalija Orešković announced she would enter politics on the centre spectrum. On Dec ...

(STRIP). In 2020 parliamentary elections she was elected for member of Croatian Parliament. In November 2020, the party merged with the ''Pametno'' to form the

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Education

Orešković studied

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at the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...

and finished a post-graduate study in

European Law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...

Conflict of Interest Commission

From 2013 to 2018 Orešković served as President of the Conflict of Interest Commission after being chosen by the

parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

, beating 198 other candidates. She initiated proceedings against MPs, mayors, ministers and the

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

. She is often credited for the fall of

Tomislav Karamarko Tomislav Karamarko (; born 25 May 1959) is a Croatian politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from January to June 2016. He served in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor as Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2011. Career K ...

, former

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and former president of HDZ. Nataša Novaković succeeded her on the position.

Political career

In October 2018 she announced she would enter politics on the

centre Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

spectrum. On December 29, 2018 she announced her party will be called START, standing for "Party of Anti-corruption, Development and Transparency". She ran for president in 2019, obtaining 55,163 or 2.9% of the votes, coming in 6th out of 11 candidates, and being eliminated in the first round. In May 2020, the START changed its name to Party with a First and Last Name (STRIP), and Orešković stepped down from the position of party president. In the parliamentary elections held on 05 July 2020, she was elected for member of Croatian Parliament. In November 2020, the party merged with the ''Pametno'' to form a single party, called the

Personal life

Orešković's family originates from

Lika Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by ...

. She is a descendant of a

Croatian Partisan The Croatian Partisans, officially the National Liberation Movement in Croatia ( hr, Narodnooslobodilački pokret u Hrvatskoj; NOP), were part of the anti-fascist National Liberational Movement in the Axis-occupied Yugoslavia which was the most ...

commander and

People's Hero of Yugoslavia The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na ...

Marko Orešković Marko Orešković (3 April 1895 – 20 October 1941) was a Croatian and Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Partisans (Yugoslavia), Partisan commander. He was also known by his nickname ''Krntija''. He was born in Široka Kula, Gospić municipality, which w ...

. She was married to Frane Letica, son of

Slaven Letica Slaven Letica (28 June 1947 – 25 October 2020) was a Croatian author, economist, commentator and politician. Biography A native of Podgora, Letica graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1971. In the 1980s, Letica was ...

, and they have two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orešković, Dalija 1977 births Living people Candidates for President of Croatia Lawyers from Zagreb Politicians from Zagreb Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb alumni Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament