Ingrid Antičević-Marinović (born Marija Antičević; on 4 October 1957) is a Croatian lawyer and former politician who serves as justice of the

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since 7 June 2016. She had previously served as a 9th Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government in the center-left

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from 2001 to 2003. She was the first woman to serve as Justice Minister in Croatia as well as first woman lawyer in

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's history. After becoming involved in politics in year 1990 by joining

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(SDP), Antičević-Marinović served five consecutive terms as MP, having been elected to the

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in the

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and

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parliament elections, representing the 9th electoral district.

Early life and education

Ingrid Antičević-Marinović was born as Marija Antičević on 18 July 1958 in

to Pavao and Huanita Antičević. She has two years older brother Zvonimir. She finished elementary and high school in her hometown after which she enrolled in the Faculty of Law of the

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from which she graduated in 1980. At the fourth year of study she became pregnant and married lawyer Marko Marinović. Her husband at first worked as a law clerk in the

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, and after that assistant district attorney in Zadar, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Interior of the Zadar municipality and eventually lawyer in a private practice. She passed the bar exam in 1982, and notary exam in 1994. After passing bar exam, she completed postgraduate studies in Criminal Sciences at the Zagreb School of Law and passed all exams except the final so she never got PhD.

Career

After graduation, Antičević-Marinović got employed as a lawyer in her husband's office. She was the first woman lawyer in Zadar's history. In the year 1990, she joined center-left

(SDP). She served as SDP member of the City Council of Zadar in several mandates. In 1996, she became member of the SDP's Main Board. She was first elected to the

elections. In the same year, she became a member of the SDP Presidency. In 2001, Antičević-Marinović was appointed Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government in the center-left

. From 2003 until 2005, she served as a Vice-President of SDP. She was re-elected to the Parliament on

elections. In the year 2003, affair connected to her husband broke out which resulted in her withdrawal from the public. Namely, her husband Marko disclosed attorney-client privilege of his client Ana Magaš who was accused of killing her husband. His license was temporally suspended by the Croatian Bar Association as a punishment for negligence. In 2006, another affair broke out when it was discovered that Antičević-Marinović abused her power as a Minister by signing her husband's client consent to take over a gas station in Lužani although its ownership was disputed at the time. She immediately resigned her position as Vice-president of SDP. In the following years, she was re-elected to the Parliament in

and

elections. On June 4, 2016, she was elected Justice of the

by the Parliament with 117 votes in favor, 15 against and 6 absent. She took her oath before president

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on June 7, 2016, by which her first 8-year term as a Justice began.

Personal life

Ingrid Antičević-Marinović is married to lawyer Marko Marinović (b. 1942) with whom she has a son Dan (b. 1980 who is also a lawyer.

References

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Early life and education

Career

Personal life

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