Katica Ivanišević (born 11 January 1935 in
Omišalj) is a retired
Croatian university professor and politician who served as the 2nd
Speaker of the Chamber of Counties of Croatia
The Speaker of the Chamber of Counties ( hr, Predsjednik Županijskog doma Hrvatskog sabora, literally the President of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament) was the presiding officer of the Chamber of Counties, the upper chamber o ...
, formerly the upper house of the
Croatian Parliament, from 1994 until the chamber's abolition by constitutional changes in 2001. She was the first and to date only woman to serve as parliamentary speaker in an independent Croatia.
Ivanišević is a professor emeritus of the
University of Rijeka. She specialized in
American literature
American literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and in the colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition thus is part of the broader tradition of English-language literature, but also inc ...
. She was the first woman rector in Croatia, serving as a rector of the University of Rijeka.
Sources
Prof. emeritus Katica Ivanišević - dobitnica nagrade PGŽ-a za životno djelo
1935 births
Croatian Democratic Union politicians
20th-century Croatian women politicians
20th-century Croatian politicians
University of Ljubljana alumni
University of Rijeka faculty
Living people
Croatian literary historians
Women literary historians
Rectors of universities in Croatia
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