Marija Selak Raspudić (; born 14 March 1982) is a Croatian philosopher, bioethicist and politician. Since 2020, she has been a member of the

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. She is married to Nino Raspudić.

Life

Early life and education

She was born in 1982 in

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. She graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the

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in 2007 with a degree in philosophy and Croatian language and literature. In 2009, she enrolled in the postgraduate doctoral study in philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. In February 2010, she was a research assistant in the philosophy department on the project "Establishing Integrative Bioethics". In 2013, she received her doctorate degree. Her dissertation was entitled "Human Nature and the New Epoch". In 2013, she was appointed a junior researcher – senior assistant. In 2015, she was elected as assistant professor in the field of humanities, branch of ontology, and promoted to an associate professor in 2020.

Career

From 2004 to 2005, she worked on Z1 television as a host, and then as an editor of her own cultural show. From 2007 to 2008, she was the Head of the Public Relations at Olympic International. In 2008 she was employed as a journalist and scriptwriter for the show "Navrh jezika" on

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. From 2015 to 2020, she worked as a commentator for the show “Peti dan”.

Political career

Selak Raspudić entered politics and ran as an independent on the The Bridge list in the parliamentary elections on 5 July 2020 in the first constituency, where she won a mandate and entered the Croatian Parliament. From September to October 2020, she was a substitute member of the

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representing The Bridge. In April 2024 she left the party because of disagreements with her colleagues. In July 2024, she announced her intention to run for president of the Republic of Croatia as a moderate independent, and in December collected enough signatures for an official candidacy. She got 9.25% of the vote, placing her third overall. In April 2025, she announced her intention to run for mayor of Zagreb, and soon after collected 7,000 signatures, enough for an official candidacy.

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1982 births Living people Politicians from Zagreb Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Substitute Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Bioethicists Croatian ethicists Croatian women philosophers 21st-century Croatian philosophers 21st-century Croatian women politicians {{Croatia-politician-stub