Mato Franković (; born 23 February 1982) is a Croatian politician who has been mayor of

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since 2017. A member of the

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(HDZ), he served as a member of the

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from 2016 to 2017, and is serving since 2020.

Early life and education

Franković was born in

. He finished elementary school in on the

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peninsula, and first three grades of high economic school in his hometown. He continued his education in the United States, where he finished fourth grade of high school through an international student exchange program. After Franković came back to Croatia, he enrolled the

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and obtained a high school qualification Associate in Applied Sciences.

Business career

In 2003 Franković started to work in Generalturist tourist agency, where he passed all positions from airport operative through operations manager all the way to branch manager and regional director and director of subsidiary Lanta Generalturist in Montenegro. In 2009 Franković was appointed as the director of ACI Marina

. In the last seven years under his leadership, ACI Marina Dubrovnik has won seven awards for the best marina in category of medium marina, and financially the last five years has recorded the best results in the chain of ACI marinas. He retained position of the director of ACI Marina Dubrovnik for eight years, up until the year 2017, when he was elected Mayor of Dubrovnik. He also took on the role of regional coordinator for covering the South Adriatic region (2013–2015). Franković was also chairman of Hotel Maestral's advisory board (2006–2012). At the regular election assembly of the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) in 2016, he was elected to the tourist board of the HTZ, the so-called tourist government of the country.

Political career

Franković is an active member of the ruling

(HDZ) and has been chairman of party's branch in

since 2014. Franković served as a member of

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in three terms, and as president of the Dubrovnik City Council from 2015 until January 2017. In the

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, Franković was elected as a member of the

and until 9 June 2017, when he took the mayor role, served as member of the parliament's Committee on Local and Regional Self-Government, the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation. In the 2017 local elections, Franković was elected Mayor of

. He was reelected as mayor in the 2021 local elections. In the

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, Franković was reelected to the Croatian Parliament and became member of the parliament's Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation.

References

1982 births Living people Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Croatian Democratic Union politicians Mayors of Dubrovnik {{Croatia-mayor-stub