Željka Markić (; born 11 November 1964) is a leader of Croatian right-wing movement U ime obitelji (''In the Name of Family''). She was born in

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, then

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, as the oldest of six children. She attended

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and graduated from

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.Željka Markić
Biografija.com. Published 12-02-2018. Access date 01-04-2018. She worked as a war reporter during the

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and later for

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and RAI II. She was editor of the Nova TV news programme from 2004 to 2007. She also edited television shows on

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(HRT). Markić was a contributor to Human Right Watch from 1992 to 1994. She is the author of the few

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on BBC and Channel 4, such as ''Guy Smith'', ''Correspondent'' and ''Unforgiving'' and co-director of documentary film ''Children of War'' together with Alan Raynolds. She translated works of

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, Antonio A. Borelli and Roy Gutman. She was the first president of the right-wing party

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and founder of Croatian subsidiary of Mary's Meals organisation. She is one of the key organisers of the

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for which civic initiative ''U ime obitelji'' (In the Name of Family) had collected 749,613 signatures. She is married to physician Tihomir Markić with whom she has four sons. Markić's opposition to sexual minority privileges has repeatedly drawn criticism in the media. However her push for the referendum and its subsequent passing supports her viewpoint. She has opposed Croatia's ratification of the

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on preventing violence against women and domestic violence. She is also opposed to

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and

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