Martina Dalić (; ; born 12 November 1967) is a Croatian economist and finance official who was a

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and Minister of Economy, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship and Crafts in the

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. She was the first female Minister of Economy in Croatia (excluding Tamara Obradović-Mazal's two-day acting tenure in 2012). She was previously Croatia's first and to date only female

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

from 29 December 2010 to 23 December 2011 in the

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. She is a member of the centre-right

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Cr ...

(HDZ) and resides in

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Early life and education

Born Martina Štimac in Velika Gorica to a father from Letovanić and a mother from Vrlika, Dalić graduated from 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 ...

Faculty of Economics and Business in 1990.

Career

Dalić was hired by the Croatian finance ministry in 1995 as the head of the

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forecasting department under Finance Minister Božo Prka. In 1997, she became assistant minister. In 2000, she left the public sector and was employed at

Privredna banka Zagreb Privredna banka Zagreb or PBZ is the second largest bank in Croatia (after Zagrebačka banka), owned by Intesa Sanpaolo group of Italy. It is listed on the Zagreb Stock Exchange and is one of 24 companies included in the CROBEX share index. PBZ ...

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. After HDZ returned to power following the 2003 election, Dalić returned to the ministry in 2004 and worked at the Central State Strategy Office (''Središnji državni ured za strategiju'') and was the country's chief negotiator in matters pertaining to financial legislation during Croatia's European Union accession negotiations. On 22 September 2014, Dalić left HDZ because she believed that the party did not offer a program that would bring Croatia out of the economic crisis. In an open letter she wrote: "Croatia can't handle another unprepared government which deals with itself and only stays on the surface of the problem. For me further participation in such party is impossible because I am now totally convinced that things won't change. HDZ doesn't have enough power or determination to step outside of established political patterns which reduce on a mere repetition that current Government is incompetent, on political criticism day by day and on the constant dealing with the past. The economic team of the HDZ has no coordination, no leadership, no clear direction and specific addressing the real causes of this protracted Croatian crisis." Dalić resigned as a minister in the Cabinet of Andrej Plenković in May 2018.

Other activities

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(EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2010-2011)2011 Annual Report

(EBRD).

References

External links

Martina Dalić's profile
at the Government of Croatia official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalic, Martina 1967 births Living people 20th-century Croatian economists Croatian Democratic Union politicians Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb alumni Finance ministers of Croatia People from Velika Gorica Economy ministers of Croatia Women government ministers of Croatia Female finance ministers 21st-century Croatian women politicians 21st-century Croatian politicians 21st-century Croatian economists